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Giant allium - how many heads?!

SianInLondonSianInLondon Posts: 4
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Hello! 

I received some white giant allium plants yesterday, they’ve already got their leaves. Do each of these produce one head or multiple flowers?

I was looking to add into a planter but one flower might not look a bit strange on its own. 

Thank you,

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  • Butterfly66Butterfly66 Posts: 970
    I’m not sure there are alliums any that produce more than one flower stem
     If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Alliums should be planted at least 6” deep, more if you can,  did they come planted like like in those pots, that’s a very small pot for a big plant, they could get flower spikes 3’ tall, they’ll be top heavy. But I’m not sure if you can plant them deep now. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • SianInLondonSianInLondon Posts: 4
    Hi Lyn, thanks! Yes they came like this. I’ll try and get a deep pot and bury them as far down as I can  :#
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