Alliums in flower
Jane McGary (Fri, 26 May 2017 09:33:11 PDT)
Allium campanulatum is a pretty plant, and I'm glad to hear Kathleen got
the right thing under this name. Once I grew (seed from Robinetts) a
very invasive one under that name. Allium expert Mark McDonough
suggested it may have been A. membranaceum. Fortunately it didn't follow
me to my present garden.
Kathleen's other mention is A. scorzoneriifolium (are there two i's in
the name?), a Mediterranean species. Mine came with a subsp. name
xericense. It is a very pretty clear yellow and about 30 cm tall when
mature. I think that the bulbs produce short stolons, so it could
eventually become a pest where well suited. I grow it in the bulb house,
not watered in summer, but it's probably hardy in moderate climates.
Also in flower here are Allium siskiyouense, a very short-stemmed one,
and Allium crispum, a bright rose, medium-height one from California.
I haven't added any Allium species to my bulb lawn because they don't
flower until it's almost time to mow it. Just now it's at the
neighborhood-eyesore stage but I hope all the Narcissus foliage will be
withered by next week.
Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA
On 5/25/2017 7:32 PM, Kathleen Sayce wrote:
One is Allium campanulatum, with open, flat pinkish flowers, a western US native, and the other is A. scornozerifolium, bright yellow, from Spain and Portugal. No sign of bulbils on the latter, though only one stem is flowering. I’m still pulling out A. roseum when it flowers, a careless planting more than a decade ago.
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