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Allium jesdianum 'Akbulak'
(Flowering Onion 'Akbulak')

Family - Alliaceae
Category - Bulb
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - 80cm
Width - 10cm

Description: A bulbous Perennial with an upright habit. Aromatic, mid-green leaves are lanceolate to strap-shaped and held at the base of the plant. Globe-like umbels of violet-mauve flowers are held atop strong, vertical stems. Each individual flower is star-shaped with white stamens and a green centre. The Blooms are produced in early summer and are excellent for use as cut flowers. Attractive to pollinating insects.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

Small star-shaped flowers are violet-mauve with white stamens and a green eye at the centre of each bloom. Many flowers are held in globe-like umbels atop sturdy, upright stems in June.

Flower colour: Purple

Flower shape: Star-shaped flowers in umbels

Flowering time: June

Foliage:

Aromatic, mid-green leaves are lanceolate to strap-shaped. The leaves are held at the base of the plant and have usually begun to deteriorate by the time the flowers emerge.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Strap-shaped to lanceolate

Propagation:

Division (separation) of offsets.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.