Ornamental Onion

Allium spp.
  • Botanical Name: Allium spp.
  • Plant Type: Perennial
  • Light Requirement: Full Sun, Partial Shade
  • Water Demand: Low
  • Landscape Use: Container, Deer Resistant, Rock Garden, Salt Tolerant
  • Ornamental Color: Lavender, Pink, White
  • Native or Adapted: Adapted
  • Wildlife Value: Birds, Butterflies
  • Season: Spring, Summer
  • Deciduous or Evergreen: Evergreen
  • Plant Form: Upright
  • Region: North Central Texas
  • Plant Spread: 0' - 1'
  • Plant Height: 0' - 1'

Description

Drumstick flowers are held 1 to 1.5 feet above foliage. Grows in almost any soil. A. millenium is long blooming. A. senescens has twisted, strap-leaf foliage. A. Ivory Queen has beautiful white flowers and broad green foliage.