Have you any Alliums in your garden?
Allium is the name of the onion genus in the Alliaceae family. Onions, leeks, chives garlic are grown for culinary purposes; I grow all of these and have written reviews on them in the individual categories. There are many Alliums grown in the flower ... Read review
Advantages: Pretty and easy Disadvantages: None really
...your garden?
Allium is the name of the onion genus in the Alliaceae family. Onions, leeks, chives garlic are grown for culinary purposes; I grow all of these and have written reviews on them in the individual categories. There are many Alliums grown in the flower garden too, Allium christophii, Allium cowanii and many others. To see a good range of Alliums go to http://www.broadleighbulbs.co.uk/plantlistpages/allium.htm.
...flower. The colours of the allium flowers range from red, blues, purples, yellow and whites. Some are almost metallic and shine in the sun.
Growing alliums is easy . An allium grows from a bulb or from seed. Both of which are available from off and online garden centers. http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.allium/ has several pots for between £4 and £5 ready to transplant into your garden now. A packet of flowering alum seeds from ... more
Have you any Alliums in your garden?
Allium is the name of the onion genus in the Alliaceae family. Onions, leeks, chives garlic are grown for culinary purposes; I grow all of these and have written reviews on them in the individual categories. There are many Alliums grown in the flower garden too, Allium christophii, Allium cowanii and many others. To see a good range of Alliums go to http://www.broadleighbulbs.co.uk/plantlistpages/allium.htm.
It is unlikely that you will let the Alliums you grow to eat flower unless you do so by mistake not picking and eating at prime time. But the aim of Alliums you grow in your flower garden is top let them flower. The colours of the allium flowers range from red, blues, purples, yellow and whites. Some are almost metallic and shine in the sun.
Growing alliums is easy . An allium grows from a bulb or from seed. Both of which are available from off and online garden centers. http://www.crocus.co.uk/search/_/search.allium/ has several pots for between £4 and £5 ready to transplant into your garden now. A packet of flowering alum seeds from ttp://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en?er=msnuk;term=seeds will cost about £1.50p.
The Allium will flower late spring to summer. Allium bulbs can be planted in the autumn, if you grow by seed grow in spring for flowering the following year.
A common Allium to be grown in the flower border is Allium cristophii I think that is the one Dad grew in his garden. This flower grows from about 25 to 40cm tall/10 to 16 inches . Other allium species can grow smaller or taller. A few strap like leaves grow from the bulb and the tall round stem shoots upweards on top of the stem forms a ball of many star shaped flowers. The flower ball measures up to about 20 cm 8 inches accross. If you let it the flowers will seed you could collect these to try and grow more next year . The bulb will last in the soil many years flowering and beautifying your garden . The bulb will produce bulblets and multiply this way too. Alliums like a sunny position and a well drained soil they do not really need a lot of care. This is a magnificent flower to put in a border
Thanks for reading . Writting this review has reminded me I was going to put some more spring onion seeds in the veg plot this morning , must go . Mary
Advantages: Easy to grow Disadvantages: Bulbs can be expensive
...or white or a yellow Allium Moly.
I think the most impressive are the tall ones such as Giganteum or Christophii but there are types for every size of garden. They can even be grown in containers for those without gardens.
All in all a very impressive bulb. ...
blondmaiden 18.02.2001
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Advantages: Cheap, versatile and good for you! Disadvantages: The smell.
* Introduction:
Writing reviews on onions seems to be "the" thing to do right now, so I decided to hop aboard the bandwagon and write me own.
I quickly discovered that it is not as easy as one might think. There is so much you can write about onions that it's hard to know where to begin.
I hope you enjoy reading my attempt and that you find it useful. Any questions - Just ask.
* Meet the Allium Family:
Allium is the name given to the onion genus. There is a staggering amount of spices in the genus, over 1250! The onion genus is of the Alliaceae family although it was wrongly classified by Botanists for years as being part of the Liliaceae, (Lilly), family.
Alliums are perennial, (from the Latin per meaning through and annus meaning year), bulbous plants. Perennial plants live for more than two years.
Most species ...
donnabroom 12.01.2006 (16.01.2006)
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***ABOUT GARLIC***
A bulbous plant of the genus "alliums" often referred to as "stinking rose". Over 500 members of this genus including leeks, shallots, and onions in turn part of the allianceae family. The most commonly found garlic in supermarkets is "alliums sativum" means cultivated. This is sub divided into hard neck & soft neck.
ORIGIN
Botanists believe that garlic probably originated in Central Asia thousands of years ago. Clay models of garlic were found in Egyptian tombs.
GROWING
The bulb grows underground and the leaves shoot into the air. Although thought of as Mediterranean ingredient also grown in northern climates. There are a number of garlic varieties you can grow at home, garlic is grown from the individual cloves, growing garlic is self - sustaining.
PLANTING
Choose a garden site that gets plenty ...
JeffreyB 21.12.2005
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Advantages: really easy to grow Disadvantages: may be a bit too easy!
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are also really easy perennial to grow and if you leave it to flower (which looks really nice in a flower border) it will re-seed readily, mind you, you'll be finding new chive plants sprouting in the most unlikely places all over the garden (you may wish to watch that!). Usually though, you’ll have to resort to planting them from small bulbs called sets in the earliest part of spring.
Chives are best grown in full sun, (well, as close as we can get to full sun anyway!) and in moist but well drained soil they can grow up to a foot in height. Clumps of the dark green, round, hollow leaves should be divided every 3 to 4 years to prevent them from looking ‘weedy’. In otherwords, give your chives a "haircut" frequently! They can be prone to aphids ...
loulou6 17.03.2001
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