Bulbs: Favorite BIG and/or late-flowering alliums?, 1 by toofewanimals

toofewanimals wrote:
My Spring begins with Allium Purple Sensation blooming on a WARM side of the house.
Then my Gladiator and Mount Everest bloom together, a great combo.
Next is Allium Christophii, My favorite. This one is only 2ft tall, but a huge open bloom.
Then Globemaster and Molly. Molly love to naturalize my garden, so I dig them up every couple years.
Then finally Allium Hair. Hair is strange looking, but I love to put it in a few arrangements. Watch out for those seeds or you will have a ton of seedlings. Actually, I started my Hair allium from seed, took 3 years for it to bloom, but that was ok.

I used to grow Allium karativiense and Allium karativiense Ivory Queen. I just loved their beautiful leaves, but not the flowers.
Also grew but lost the blue Azure Allium, how do you lose allium bulbs?
Also, someone once gave me a bulb of what looked like Allium rosenbachianum, but the flower just looked grey to me so I didn't keep it.



I have to thin out my gladiators every 3 years, this is what I did one year with a bunch of extras. these are in a area that is in partial shade and getting shadier every year. but they still bloom, just not as great as in full sun.