Bulbs: I am new to ALLIUMS, 1 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
I started out with three plants I bought at a Wisconsin nursery. At first I did not realize that they were bulbs. They have seed heads which dry and drop seed and they multiply that way. At some point you may want to start deadheading them. They will spread enthusiastically. You only need two or three.

I was having a terrible time digging them up at first because I didn't realize that they have to be dug up in August. I kept digging up what looked like grass in spring, but there are bulbs at the bottom. I think that this is why you do not see them. They are on a completely different cultivation cycle from most alliums. Blooming in fall instead of spring.

Here is another picture taken on September 20 a few years back. Here you can see some of them going to seed. This is two years after the first picture from my garden above. The little ones are offspring! They dry and drop little black seeds, which turn up a year or two later. They can become weedy, but you can always remove the excess. I just love them!