allium 'seeds'?

These little black seed-y looking things that develop at the end of the fluffy purple allium flowers if you let them just stand there and dry undisturbed... can you do anything with them? And if so do they need a spell in the fridge first or not?

Melis (dreaming of acres of allium!)

I tried seeds, but found out that my large Allium is sterile.

Have you tried bulb chipping? I did that last year. You can turn one bulb into about 10 plants. It takes them a couple years to bloom though.

I understand they multiply fairly fast via bulbs. I just wondered if the other way might go too. Guess it wouldn't hurt to try, eh?

What is "fast", lol?

I'm not sure about all alliums but my Azure allium seems to seed all over the garden so seeds must be viable. It takes a couple of years for them to bloom. Now I just deadhead promptly to discourage seeding.

Shoot - now I'm wondering if some of the wild onion/ wild garlic I've been digging up were actually ornamental plants.

I have had allium senescens 'Blue Twister" for about three years now. I started with five or six plants from High Country Gardens and now have about fifty pots of divisions plus some still in the ground. They have to be divided frequently but they haven't had any volunteer seedlings. The leaves are a beautiful blue-green with the emphasis on blue!! Mine have leaves that are not that twisted. The blooms are pretty and they last a long time.

Thanks,

Chuck