Ornamental Onions
You'll know these pretty plants are in the onion family from the mildly pungent odor of their leaves when cut, but they certainly won't bring tears to your eyes! ...
Ornamental Onions (Allium species): These beautiful relatives of onions have small flowers in globular clusters that range from just an inch wide to over 8 inches across.
Alliums ORNAMENTAL ONIONS
Allium 'Globemaster'
ORNAMENTAL ONION
Allium karataviense
TURKESTAN ONION ...
Allium (ornamental onions)
Alstroemeria (Peruvian lily)
Anaphalis
Anchusa azurea
Anemone coronaria
Anemone hupehensis & A. Ã- hybrida (Japanese anemones)
Antirrhinum (snapdragon)
Aquilegia (columbine)
Artichoke, globe and Jerusalem ...
Alliums, the Ornamental Onions. Portland.
Denison, S. S. and D. W. McNeal Jr. 1989. A reevaluation of the Allium sanbornii (Alliaceae) complex.
Hanelt, P. 1992. Infrageneric grouping of AlliumThe Gatersleban approach. In: P. Hanelt et al., eds.
Related to Onions, Garlic and Leeks, Ornamental Onions are grown for their dense clusters of flowers, which look like lollipops. Height varies from 6 inches to 5 feet. Use for rock gardens, naturalizing and flower borders.
This is the last of the ornamental onions to flower, when mop-like heads of rose-purple flowers appear with orange anthers. The flowers are impervious to frost or snow.
Persian Onion, one of the largest of the ornamental onions, will significantly decline in foliage appearance by mid-summer, ...
[203]Davies. D. Alliums. The Ornamental Onions.
Covers about 200 species of Alliums. A very short section on their uses, good details of their cultivation needs.
[233]Thomas. G. S. Perennial Garden Plants ...
 See also: Onion, Ornamental Onion, Garlic, Pests, Allium moly
  
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