Frits & Alliums in pots?
Mary Sue Ittner (Tue, 13 May 2003 08:15:52 PDT)

Dear Jennifer,

After seeing all those wonderful images from Mark McDonough of masses of
Alliums in the ground, it may seem like the only way to grow them. The
California species are very easy to grow in containers and I have found
them to do better for me that way in fact than in the ground. Most of them
don't require deep pots either.

You can see pictures of many of the ones I grow on:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

You may want to wait until you know where you are going to live. There are
so many of them that you may want to pick which ones to grow after you know
your climate.

I have a couple pots of Alliums given to me from my friend Jana out of one
of the bins at the store that I have not even repotted since they hardly go
dormant and they have survived and bloomed that way for a number of years.

Mary Sue

Mary Sue Ittner
California's North Coast
Wet mild winters with occasional frost
Dry mild summers