One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Alliums, ...

These allium bulbs give pretty yellow star shaped flowers in June and July. They are the same family as your kitchen onions but don't be tempted to eat them or you will get a culinary shock. Plant ...

Beautiful and sturdy with a flair for the dramatic, alliums are a graceful way to add color and architectural dimension to your garden. With large globes of tiny white, purple, yellow or blue flowers ...

Planting alliums gives you the same punch in the late-spring garden as using onions in cooking — all the elements of the dish will be more pungent and appealing. Flowering alliums are, indeed, part of ...

My allium obsession began many years ago. The first time I spied an airy purple orb on a 3-foot sticklike stem — hovering magically over the rest of the garden — I was hooked. Today, my collection of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Beautiful and sturdy with a flair for the dramatic, alliums are a graceful way to add color and architectural dimension to your garden. With large globes of ...

I adore alliums. You can also call them ornamental onions. But don’t be put off. These are nothing like the tear-provoking kitchen onions. These produce magnificent flowers. I think you will love them ...

My appreciation of a plant is based on two considerations – how it looks and how it performs from year to year. As the moniker Casual Gardener implies, I’m not the most attentive plantsman and at my ...