Allium (Ornamental Onion)

Back to:  Perennial Gallery

• Blooms all summer
• Tolerates dry conditions well once established
• ​Salt tolerant
• Deer and rabbit resistant
• Long, strappy leaves that are grass-like in appearance
• Hardy, vigorous and long-lived
• Pollinator friend​​​

---

abidum x 'Millenium'

• Rosy Purple blooms 
• Large 2” blooms
• Borders, edger, naturalizing, massing on urban sites and in containers
• Shiny, dark green foliage
• Bloom time: summer ​
• 1' H x 2' W ​​​

Substitution Suggestions​

Allium tanguticum 'Summer Beauty'

Allium 'Windy City'

Chelone 'Tiny Tortuga'

Echinacea 'Pixie Meadowbrite'

---

tanguticum 'Summer Beauty'

• Lavender pink blooms
• Borders, edger, naturalizing, massing urban sites and containers
• Large 2" sterile flower heads on strong stems above tidy foliage
• Neat, green foliage looks great all season
• Bloom time: summer ​
• 1' H x 2' W ​ 

Substitution Suggestions

Allium abidum x 'Millenium'

Allium 'Windy City'

Echinacea 'Pixie Meadowbrite'

Hemerocallis 'Rosy Returns'

---

'Summer Peek-a-boo'

• Shorter and more compact
• ​Borders, edger, naturalizing, massing,urban sites and containers
• Flower heads perch right at top of foliage
• ​Pink blooms
• Bloom time: summer
• 12" H x 18" W

Substitution Suggestions

Nepeta faassenii 'Purrsian Blue'

Gailardia 'Arizona Sun'

Dianthus 'Plum Glory'

Geranium 'Karmina'

---

'Windy City'

• Dwarf variety
• Violet purple blooms
• Long blooming & drough tolerant
• Pollinator plant
• Blooms: Spring/Summer
• 18" H x 18" W
• PP 28100​

Substitution Suggestions

Allium tanguticum 'Summer Beauty'

Allium abidum x 'Millenium'

Hemerocallis 'Rosy Returns'

Echinacea 'Pixie Meadowbrite'