Dear Jane, How about Allium rubrovitattum? Mine are in the ground, but I plan to move one to a trough this year. Tiny and really pretty, 1 bulb puts out 4-5 burgundy drumsticks. Also Allium chamaemoly ssp littoralis, which I got from Monocot Nursery. Again, mine is in the rock garden, but it hugs the ground, blooms very late in the year(sometimes through the snow), stays fairly green through the winter and the developing seed pods are neat to look at. Not flashy, but anything that blooms at the end of November pretty much has the stage to itself. Lisa -- Lisa Flaum Waterloo, IL central USA clay soil, Hot humid summers (to 105F, 40C) generally dry, punctuated by gully washers Cold, wet, cloudy winters, little snow cover, intense freeze/thaw cycle (-10F, -25C)