One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Alliums, ...

To this day, a leek that some 20 years ago was left to overwinter in my veg patch forms part of a dried flower display in our home. I’d left it there half out of negligence, half out of curiosity, to ...

Allium sphaerocephalon eignet sich für Blumenbeete, Steingärten, Wegränder und vieles mehr. Die Pflanzung ist kinderleicht und die Pflege überschaubar. Bei Allium sphaerocephalon handelt es sich um ...

What is it? The round-headed leek (Allium sphaerocephalon) isn't a leek for the veg patch but a useful ornamental member of the allium family. Handy, because it flowers a bit later than most of its ...

Mention the word alliums and many of us will instantly think of the many different edible members of the onion family, from chives (Allium schoenoprasum), leeks (Allium ampeloprasum) and garlic ...

Alliums have risen again in my garden. Beautiful ‘Purple Sensation’. Gorgeous white ‘Mount Everest’. Weirdly wonderful Allium bulgaricum. And supersize Allium giganteums and others are still to come.

Short or tall, big or small, ornamental alliums are a treat for flower gardeners and for butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Plant the bulbs in fall and enjoy months of colorful spring and summer ...

Drumsticks are on the menu. Allium sphaerocephalon --- also known as "drumstick" allium --- is among the allium varieties I'm salting through my garden beds at the same time I'm tucking in daffodil ...

Ab Mai blühen Allium wieder im Garten und in Töpfen auf Terrassen. Mit ihren kugelrunden Blüten sind sie ein Blickfang. Die Pflanze gehört zu den Zwiebelgewächsen. Das heisst, sie bilden eine Zwiebel, ...