Bulbs: Favorite BIG and/or late-flowering alliums?, 0 by cathy166

cathy166 wrote:
I laughed as I read your post, Patti. I'm always astounded that I've forgotten to plant something (often an entire bag of bulbs), and the smell reminds me that I left them in my trunk. Since our summer was so hot, so many of our flowers bloomed early and faded. It's cooled down considerably, so I guess I'll not wait too long to put in these huge alliums.

The Costco packages I just bought are Globemaster (3 of each) and Gladiator (4 of each) for about $12.50 per package. Last fall I planted some in a 35-gallon container on the deck, and they bloomed as well as those in the ground.

This is one of the Globemasters from May 7th of this year (from Costco, of course). The seed heads lasted forever and were much nicer than the smaller allium plants (drumstick?) that bloomed 2 months later.