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Allium caeruleum

Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905
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I have just emptied out a pot which had a beautiful display of Allium caeruleum this year - finished now - and I was intending to replant in an area of the garden with their name written all over it. However, I discovered that the bulbs which are not very big to begin with have suddenly become a gazillion pea-sized bulbils. My question is, do I just dig a hole and shovel them all in and leave them to their own devices (I am NOT going to check to see that they are all the right way up!) or do I just pitch them and buy some new ones in Autumn?

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I'd do bothimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546

    Some bulbs do this (gladioli do it too) it's their way of muliplying. If you want flowers anytime soon then you'll  have to buy some more, but left to their own devices in a quiet spot they will eventually reach flowering size. It may take several yearsimage

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Thank you both. I am going to do as you suggest i.e. plant the babies and order some more. I just love their silvery blue colour. BTW it was easy to tell they come from the onion family as I got a quite delicious oniony smell when I tipped them out.

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  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307

    Mine are out in the garden and I have never bothered digging them up. They spread a bit, but they have flowered every year since being planted. The bulbs on these are normally fairly small in any case.

  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,905

    Thanks Berghill.

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