Bulbs: allium bulbs that split (doubled) after just one year, 2 by cindyeo

cindyeo wrote:
To any of you with large allium (globemaster/gladiator), did your bulbs split on you and are your flower heads now much smaller? Anyone have any luck getting the heads back up to size like when you first bought them? I've purchased these twice now and both times the first year they were huge and gorgeous, the second year they split and were much smaller. On the advice of Donna on this forum, I now dig up my tulips every summer and store them dry and it does prolong their lives. Maybe I should do the same with the allium, does anyone do that?

The first photo is this year, the second photo is from last year, almost the same day. I started with 9 bulbs, 3 groups of 3. I have a lot more this year.