Though tulips are highly prized for a spring bloom, they do have their drawbacks, among them the need for a team of gardeners planting thousands every autumn to achieve the ideal look. Also, they die ...

Alliums are the ornamental relatives of garlic. This year, with lots of rain and cool temperatures, they sprouted early and went to bloom outrageously creating glorious garden pictures. And, since ...

Alliums have risen again in my garden. Beautiful ‘Purple Sensation’. Gorgeous white ‘Mount Everest’. Weirdly wonderful Allium bulgaricum. And supersize Allium giganteums and others are still to come.

Take your garden to new heights with alliums. This ornamental member of the onion family provides welcome color as spring bulbs fade and before summer perennials fill our gardens with colorful blooms.

WITH GIANT PURPLE globes and metallic pink sparklers, ornamental onions (Allium) blooming in the spring garden are a spectacular sight. But there are more stars in the Allium galaxy than those ...

The Perennial Plant Association hit pure gold by voting Allium Millennium the Perennial Plant of the Year for 2018. A hardy perennial to zone four, this allium is compact (12 to18 inches tall and wide ...

If you thought you noticed Alliums in bloom last month but couldn't believe your eyes, don't worry: You weren't seeing things. Most folks who have gardened in the North are familiar with ornamental ...

Mention the word alliums and many of us will instantly think of the many different edible members of the onion family, from chives (Allium schoenoprasum), leeks (Allium ampeloprasum) and garlic ...

Short or tall, big or small, ornamental alliums are a treat for flower gardeners and for butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Plant the bulbs in fall and enjoy months of colorful spring and summer ...

This allium has a shower of bell-like flowers in spring and charming seedheads in autumn What is it? A late spring bulb with a cluster of bell-like flowers marked with dark purple, lime green and ...

Everyone loves the pom-pom heads ofornamental alliums, a close relation ofthe edible onion. Many border alliumshave flowers that resemble fireworksfrozen in mid-explosion, in coloursthat range from ...