Allium guttatum varieties
Antennaria@aol.com (Tue, 06 Jul 2004 20:21:31 PDT)

Arnold has pointed out an excellent allium (A. guttatum ssp. sardoum), one
that needs to be grown by more bulb lovers. As he points out, it's hard to
photograph, being merely a shuttle-cock shaped knob of white on a tall slender
stem. But the detail in the inflorescence is something worth studying and
admiring... the tiny florets so evenly spaced yet not touching, that it inspires
wonder about the geometry in nature.

Also unusual, is that the fact the outer side of the tiny florets, in this
subspecies, are marked with gray-olive green, yet the pedicels suspending the
florets are vivid white, adding to the inner grow and visual effect of buds
"suspended" in an evenly space explosion of sorts.

There was already a photo (by me) for this species, in the "drumstick onion"
grouping of Allium, so I moved Arnolds photograph to this Allium wiki section.
In addition to a photo of this variety by me and Arnold, I uploaded a photo
of A. guttatum ssp. dalmaticum, the purplish-flowered variant of the species;
all found at:

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

P.S. these varieties of Allium are commercially available from Pacific Rim
Nursery.

Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States
antennaria@aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5
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