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Allium Universe

Similar to Allium cristophii with its airy blooms, this appealingly shorter variety sends up large, 6–8″ metallic purple spheres on sturdy stems.

The genus Allium (the Latin means “garlic”) offers colorful, distinctive, and long-lasting forms that are standouts in the early summer garden. Alliums are sun-lovers and prefer well-drained, even sandy, soil. Deer, mice, chipmunks, and related predators generally avoid this group, so you can plant with impunity. Tuck them among clumps of summer-flowering perennials where the Alliums’ withering foliage will be hidden by the expanding perennials.

Late afternoon sun, illuminating from behind. Public Park - May, 2015

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