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Turkestan onion (Allium karataviense) 'Red Giant'

Turkestan onion (Allium karataviense) 'Red Giant'

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Availability 2023 autumn

Highly decorative Allium with its elegant globe-shaped clusters, 8 cm wide, of starry reddish-pink flowers and its fabulous broad and recurved, blue blue-green foliage, slightly red edged. The faded seed heads look like small sunbursts on dried stems. It's perfect for growing in large clumps at the front of a sunny border or gravel garden, and makes a good cut flower.
Favorite of bees, butterflies and other pollinators.

Winter hardy perennial bulb
Height 25 cm
Width 20-30 cm
Spacing 10-15 cm
Flowering time May-June
Site sunny, hot, dry, medium moisture, well drained, sandy soil
Propagation bulblets