One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Alliums, ...

What is it? Since it became a common sight at the Chelsea Flower Show, this May/June-flowering bulb with compact lollipops of pure purple has become popular, and rightly so: it is easy to grow and ...

Knowing your onions pays off in the flowery part of your garden as well as on the vegetable patch. In recent years everyone seems to have heard the word allium, the botanical name for the onion family ...

To this day, a leek that some 20 years ago was left to overwinter in my veg patch forms part of a dried flower display in our home. I’d left it there half out of negligence, half out of curiosity, to ...

Alliums are the ornamental relatives of garlic. This year, with lots of rain and cool temperatures, they sprouted early and went to bloom outrageously creating glorious garden pictures. And, since ...

I love Alliums because they add fantastic form, color and texture to your summer garden. They’re incredibly easy to grow, disdained by deer and rodents and have few (if any) insect pests. There are ...

They are usually available from August, but that is too early to plant them - it's best to stick to late September and October for most bulbs although tulips do best when planted in November. With the ...

The Perennial Plant Association (PPA) selected its 2018 Perennial Plant of the Year: Allium ‘Millenium’ (yes, that’s Millenium with just one n). This announcement continues to show the focus on ...