Allium Bulbs - am I too late??

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  February 2020

  Alexandra.blunden said:

  Also meant to say that the are bulbs not bare root plants. 

  
  I don't think there is such as thing as "bare root" aliums. Bare root bulbs are just called ... bulbs.

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• Astro Posts: 433

  February 2020

  Perhaps you could put them in pots and sink the pots in the ground , if it seems they are not going to flower you could lift them and they'll be good for next year.

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• pitter-patter Posts: 2,429

  February 2020 edited February 2020

  @Papi Jo That’s what I thought, but some alliums, like Millennium, are rhizomatous.
  
  https://www.sarahraven.com/flowers/plants/perennials-autumn-planting/allium-millennium.htm
  

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• Papi Jo Posts: 4,254

  February 2020

  Thanks for the info, @pitter-patter!

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• neilbill Posts: 1

  February 2020

  Masonmuse said:

  I planted my allium bulbs in October, some of the shoots are 10 inches through already which is not a good thing. If you plants new bulbs out now I don’t think you will have any problem with them growing and flowering in spring. 

  Same here, mild winter is confusing the garden... If we get a cold snap I will be struggling.
  
  I second Dovefromabove, plant them and see what happens, worst thing is you compost them in the autumn

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