Planted album bulbs, a few different varieties, for first time this year. Got gorgeous flowers and gorgeous big seed heads. Have left seed heads as I thought that they would seed themselves for more flowers next year.but is this wrong? should I discard seed heads?
It depends what you want Kay. I rarely dead head anything. I have a forest of assorted alliums. Some of the cultivars are not as huge in later generations but I prefer them like that. The speciee, especially christophii, seed like made and are just the same.
And as an extra, there are some pink ones (name escapes me for the moment) which have been seeding gently for years, looking much the same, this year there are 3 white ones
Hi. Ive heard you can cut the leaves back after Allium have gone to seed. Is this true? Mine are just going over and the leaves are looking horribly brown. It's the first year of planting, so although there are plants growing which will hide the leaves in due course, it doesn't look very nice at the moment! Advice would be great!
Hi, I've just dug out the remains of an old white allium (about 6-7 years old) as it has only produced one or two flowers each year recently. In the soil underneath it, I've found hundreds of small white bulbs ranging in size from 1" diameter to 1/4". Does anyone know if they are worth potting up, please? Or are they unlikely to form plants? I have limited space and don't want to try something that is a non-starter. Thank you!
given time they will form flowering plants. Either the same as the parent if they're off shoots of the original bulb, or a bit different if they're seedlings.
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Planted album bulbs, a few different varieties, for first time this year. Got gorgeous flowers and gorgeous big seed heads. Have left seed heads as I thought that they would seed themselves for more flowers next year.but is this wrong? should I discard seed heads?
It depends what you want Kay. I rarely dead head anything. I have a forest of assorted alliums. Some of the cultivars are not as huge in later generations but I prefer them like that. The speciee, especially christophii, seed like made and are just the same.
And as an extra, there are some pink ones (name escapes me for the moment) which have been seeding gently for years, looking much the same, this year there are 3 white ones
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi. Ive heard you can cut the leaves back after Allium have gone to seed. Is this true? Mine are just going over and the leaves are looking horribly brown. It's the first year of planting, so although there are plants growing which will hide the leaves in due course, it doesn't look very nice at the moment! Advice would be great!
Hi, I've just dug out the remains of an old white allium (about 6-7 years old) as it has only produced one or two flowers each year recently. In the soil underneath it, I've found hundreds of small white bulbs ranging in size from 1" diameter to 1/4". Does anyone know if they are worth potting up, please? Or are they unlikely to form plants? I have limited space and don't want to try something that is a non-starter. Thank you!
given time they will form flowering plants. Either the same as the parent if they're off shoots of the original bulb, or a bit different if they're seedlings.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you.