Allium GLOBEMASTER

Description

Globemaster is the biggest and many think the best Allium yet. Small, silvery purple florets form 20cm flower heads. This bulb gets its large flower size from its A. cristophii parent, but the florets are packed more densely, creating an imposing and brilliantly colored globe. Late spring. Plant 3 per sq ft.

The genus Allium (the Latin means “garlic”) offers colorful, distinctive, and long-lasting forms that are standouts in the early summer garden. Alliums are sun-lovers and prefer well-drained, even sandy, soil. Deer, mice, chipmunks, and related predators generally avoid this group, so you can plant with impunity. Tuck them among clumps of summer-flowering perennials where the Alliums’ withering foliage will be hidden by the expanding perennials.