New allium on Mystery Bulbs page
Mark McDonough (Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:22:42 PDT)

"Linda Foulis" <lmf@beautifulblooms.ab.ca> wrote:

I've added an Allium to the Mystery Bulbs page. I've had it for many
years
but have never been able to accurately ID it. It blooms late summer
and
well into September as long as we don't get an early frost. It has
round
black seeds and comes true from seed, maybe because I don't have any
other
allium blooming that late in the year. Strap like bluish foliage,
grows
about 1 foot tall.
Does anyone else grow Allium trifoliatum and can confirm this?

Thanks
Linda Foulis
Red Deer, AB

Linda, your mystery allium is Allium tuberosum.

Allium trifoliatum is a late spring blooming species, and it is most
definitely not that species.

Mark McDonough
The Onion Man :-)
USDA Zone 5
Massachusetts, USA, near the New Hampshire border