Help with Alliums

I love the big alliums, but have had trouble with them coming back year after year. The foliage comes up green in the early spring, then turns yellow & dies. One employee at a local nursery thought it might be from too much moisture, leading to rot in the bulb. Or maybe I didn't plant them deep enough? Anyone have any ideas?

I have mine planted in raised beds, they have been planted for three years, and seem to have muliplied this season. It might make a difference with raised beds. I do have problems with caldium rotting in the moist unraised beds. But it would seem if they were rotting you would not have any growth at all, not even the green. Did you let them mature to the dried out stage last season? I know daffs dont bloom if I cut the green, get lots of green plant but no flower. ??

Why don't you dig one up to see what it looks like. If it looks okay, maybe plant some in a couple different spots to see if they do better next year.

We have some that were here when we moved in. They've been multiplying (slowly) and I really love them. I ordered a ton more in the recent coops, I liked them so much!

Gwen

Thanks for your ideas. I planted the alliums in raised beds as well as in the ground, and the same thing happened with them fizzling out. It's been a couple seasons, I think, since they were planted, and I would have to look at photos to see where they might have been. Probably the bulbs would be all gone by now. I did leave them alone after they bloomed that first year, so the foliage died off naturally. I do have three that I could dig up, though, since they did their fizzling this year. I'll try that. The little drumstick alliums seem to be perennializing , and I recently read that they look good planted among daylilies, so they are on my list for this fall. And I'll buy new giant bulbs too.

I would be careful where/when you bought them too. I bought a couple of bags from Home Depot, and then forgot to put them in the ground last fall ... I'm not done much with bulbs but I'm sure "old bulbs" might not do too well, so I will plant them this fall with bulbs that I know are newer. If they come up, so much the better.