Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest'
Family - Alliaceae
Category - Bulb
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - up to 120cm
Width - 15cm
Location - The House Border
Description: A bulbous Perennial with an upright habit. Aromatic grey-green to bright green leaves are strap-shaped and held at the base of the stems. Many small, star-shaped flowers are pure white and held in round umbels. The flowerheads are held atop long, upright stems and are produced in early summer. Good for use as cut flowers and attractive to pollinating insects.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Many small white, star-shaped flowers have long, protruding stamens and a green eye at the centre of each bloom. The flowers are held in rounded umbels atop upright stems are produced in June, possibly earlier in a warm spring. Each flowerhead can reach to approximately 10cm across.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Star-shaped flowers held in umbels
Flowering time: June
Foliage:
Aromatic grey-green to bright green leaves are strap-shaped and have usually deteriorated by the time the flowers have emerged. The leaves are held at the base of the stems and smell strongly of onions when crushed.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Strap-shaped
Poison Information:
Potential skin irritant.
Contact with the bulbs may cause skin irritation.
Propagation:
Division (separation) of offsets.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.