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Alliums

Jason millyJason milly Posts: 546
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Looking at buying some alliums after reading it looks like globemaster would be the one with the biggest head,  anymore ideas. 

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  • hogweedhogweed Posts: 4,053
    If you like a more open one, the spider one is HUGE! Allium schubertii.
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  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Summer flowering are the way to go.
  • Jason millyJason milly Posts: 546
    Thanks for suggestions looking for a more closed one. 
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Globemaster are huge but (according to the Avon bulbs catalogue) sterile so you don’t get the seedheads which, I think are part of the appeal of Alliums. Pinball Wizard?  Shubertii are lovely! I looked at these last year but ended up choosing the smaller but more intensely purple Purple Sensation and Atropurpureum
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Another vote for A.Schubertii from me. 
    IMHO Globemaster is really tricky to site in the garden so it " looks right" 
    Devon.
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    edited July 2018
    Globemaster is a excellent variety one of the best and longest flowering, not a fan of  schubertii at all , its far to open and its quite short.

    Pinball Wizard is a good one, its a  cross between purple sensation for colour and Christophii for the large heads. Christophii is a good variety, flowers at the same time as globemaster. Round and Purple another large / giant allium.

    Have a look in Lidl for allium bulbs, they a cheap and most are a very good size. They do globemaster but they are not full size bulbs about 18-20cm around full size are 26cm+. 

    I grow quite a few alliums, they are one of my favourites  :)  
  • Jason millyJason milly Posts: 546
    Thanks for info on Lidl. 
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Christophii are the only ones that are reliably perennial for me. They get huge heads but not as tall as Globemaster or Purple Sensation
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  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    I had a mixture of A. Purple Sensation and Purple Rain this year, which worked really well together. Purple Rain has lovely starry heads which are still quite dense.
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