ALLIUM
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ALLIUM
Commonly known as Onion
Genus of about 700 species of spring-, summer- and autumn-flowering bulbous and rhizomatous perennials mainly from dry and mountainous areas of the northern hemisphere.
In most species a single bulb produces offsets which gradually form clumps.
Some species have culinary use such as garlic and chives.
Ramsons, A. ursinum. is the most common native.
Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
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Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennialLarge range of species, culinary and ornamental.
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HerbaceousTall species for bold clumps in borders; shorter varieties for front of border or rock garden. Spring, summer or autumn flowering.
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Alliums - Growing Guide
Bulbs - Care Guide
- Protecting general spring bulbs - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Bulbs and Grass Cutting - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Planting Daffodil bulbs for spring colour - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Planting Daffodil bulbs - Indoors and Outdoors
- Daffodils Deadheading / Pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Planting Snowdrops - in winter
- Lifting and dividing Snowdrops - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Planting Alliums for spring colour - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Planting Hyacinths in winter - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Planting Hyacinth bulbs - In winter
- Planting Tulip bulbs for spring - Video Tip ondemand_video
Herbaceous Plants - Video Collection
- Dividing Herbaceous Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring Planting Osteospermums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing Summer Perennials - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dividing summer flowering Hemerocallis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Summer propagation - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Self-seeding aquilegia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Supporting Plants - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading meconopsis - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Dead heading Delphiniums - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Feeding herbaceous peonies - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Overpotting Problems - Video Tip ondemand_video
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