Allium, Giant Ornamental Onion, Giant Allium 'Globemaster'

These are truly GIANT and amazing.
Planted 4 huge beds of these last fall- allium in the back, crown imperials in the center and ...Read Moredaffodils in the front.
People are constantly stopping to comment on them.
Alternated the Globemaster with the Ambasador varieties - Ambassador is a darker purple, slightly smaller, and blooms a couple weeks later. Blossoms on the Globemaster are easily 6" in diameter.
Some of the plants seem to have genetic mutations, as some have 4 stems per blossom, fused together- unusual, but not unslightly
Have purchased all my bulbs from A.D.R. Bulbs Inc. - wholesale.
The quality, size and price of their bulbs cannot be beat.
(They only sell wholesale)

I had put in approx. 150 of the slightly smaller varieties about 3 years ago - Mont Blanc (white) and Gladiator (purple). They were fantastic first year, ho-hum second year.
This spring, I applied bone meal and bulb fertilizer to ALL the sprouting bulbs. WOW - what a difference. I had never bothered to fertilize any bulbs when they sprouted , but after seeing the way the alliums and daffodils responded to being fertilized, I will now do it every spring.

Allium ‘Globemaster’ is hybridized by J. R. Bijl van Duyvenbode, its registration was in 1971. A. 'Globemaster' came from a cross bet...Read Moreween A. macleanii and A. christophii. Received the Award of Garden Merit (AGM) by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).

Very much loved by the bees, It gives excellent cutflowers also.

This Allium hybrid is sterile, so there is no seeding around and the flowers are longer lasting than other large Alliums. It returns wel...Read Morel here in central NH and I have had neighbors stop to ask what it is during bloom time. The color has a bit less pink tone than some others, and the flowers are extra large.

I will say this they are Magnificent in Upstate New York !
I do get many compliments on them (I did share, see photo)
.....Read Moreas for the Gardener having the issue with them;
if she would have Beheaded the GLOBE
Before letting it go to seed
this would have NEVER been an issue.
I behead all my flowers to keep them blooming healthy
for years to come.