Impressively lovely heads of bright rose-purple, urn-like flowers, with sharply-pointed tepals, the outer recurved and the inner with inrolled margins, open in umbels from May to July on an extended stem long after the leaves have died. This native of the Western United States and Canada makes masses of tiny, spherical bulbs but is not invasive. ... Learn More

This slender plant makes a dense umbel of narrowly bell-shaped, pale purplish-pink flowers which in effect are fairly big for a small allium. A lovely plant from the Alpes-Maritimes of Southern France which is easily grown outside in a sunny spot. ... Learn More

Short, stubby flower stems, seldom more than 7-10 cm tall carry an inverted conical to rounded umbel of broadly funnel-shaped, bright red-pink flowers. These are held above attractive, long, ovate, blue-green leaves margined with red, which protrude from small, white-coated bulbs, which in the trade are often sold for between ten and fifteen pounds each! It is not surprisingly a very rare and most decorative little species, perfect in a pot or even under alpine glass, though it is happy also outside, as long as provided with a fertile, loam-based soil, good drainage and a dryish summer rest. It is a central Asian species named by Regel as long ago as 1875 from Turkmenistan where it was said to have been found at between 3,000 and 11,000 feet altitude, although it is now known to range throughout the Pamir mountain systems. Few seeds collected. ... Learn More

From Western China, this rare and delightful species bears in July drumsticks of delicate rose-lilac flowers with dark red filaments. These honey-scented heads look to be made of pink velvet. It is seldom seen, but in contrast to its rarity this well-mannered plant is easy in the garden in sun or light shade and a fertile soil. It is native to slopes from 2500-3000 metres, of W Xinjiang in China, Kazakstan, Mongolia and Russia. ... Learn More

One of the most alluring alliums, both in fragrance and design, this is a priceless gem. The sizeable spherical flower balls are composed of smaller star shaped white flowers, each with a deep red heart that glows like a ruby. Pictures don’t really do it justice, clustered together in an umbel, the blooms will make an unforgettable sight in your flower bed. ... Learn More

Heads of unusually attractive fragrant flowers, which can vary from rose pink to dark purple, open their petals which are delicately marked deeper at the centres. Generally flowering from May to August, they live at heights usually between 2,000 to 8,500 feet. As a rule their chosen habitat is rocky, thin or sandy soils, foothills, mountains, particularly in dry areas including chaparral and woodland habitats, and on open or shaded slopes, so this is an indication of what they like. In their native USA they have been recorded from southeastern Washington and northern Oregon to southern California, and western Nevada. ... Learn More

Delicate, but strong and charming, and a valuable bloom in the late summer gap, this pendulous allium (pulchellum means "beautiful!") has wide, bell-shaped, reddish violet flowers, that sprout out and then down, resembling an exploding firework. It excels especially among silver-foliage plants, when its dusty bells dangle from massed slender stems. It will soon bulk up making impressive clumps. ... Learn More

This is the rare and exquisite but easily grown pure white form of this valuable, late-flowering plant. Strong flower stems carry graceful loose heads of icy white, bell-shaped flowers, just like an exploding firework display, for two months or more. If you are lucky, in well-drained soil, it will gently self sow and form handsome drifts. RHS AGM winner ... Learn More

One of the true 'white' alliums, this rare plant with attractive purple anthers, produces heads of sizeable bell-shaped flowers which slowly age to pink. With a clustering habit in the wild, it is found up to extreme heights in South Turkey, Lebanon and Cyprus, where it grows in pine and mixed forest, oak, grassland and limestone slopes at altitudes up to 2800m. ... Learn More

This delightful species of ornamental onion has very narrow leaves and produces loose umbels of nodding buds which later arise to balls of purplish-pink flowers in early summer. It naturalises easily making attractive drifts without becoming a nuisance. It is also known as "nodding onion" and "lady's leek" This plant is native to North America from New York to British Columbia south to Virginia and Kentucky, and south in the mountains, where it grows in dry woods, rock outcroppings, and prairies. The bulb is edible and has a strong onion flavour. ... Learn More

A bumper bag of these trouble free ornamental plants. Displaying a range of colours including white, yellow, pink and purple. Includes (in unequal proportions: Allium acuminatum 'album'; A. alexejanum; A. altaicum; A. ampeloprasum; A. azureum; A. barszczewskii; A. borseewskyi; A. bulgaricum; A. caesium; A. callimischon; A. carolinianum; A. cernuum dark form; A. cernuum mixed; A. cernuum roseum; A. cernuum white; A. 'Chamaeleon; A. chelotum; A. crispum; cyaneum; A. daghestanicum; A. decipiens; A. denudatum; A. dichlamydem; A. erythraeum; A. fistulosum; A. flavum blue leaf; A. flavum glaucum; A. flavum nanum; A. flavum yellow; A. galanthum; A. geyeri; A. goodingii; A. huber-morathii; A. guttatum; A. karataviense; A. kansuense; A. karataviense ssp. Henrickii; A. huber-morathii; A. lenkoranicum; A. litvinovii; A. mairei; A. leukovonicum; A. 'Millenium'; A. nutans 'Caroline'; A. ochotense; A. oreophilum; A. paniculatum; A. paradoxum; A. prattii; A. prezwalskianum; A. rotundum; A. rotundum jajlae; A. rubellum; A. sarawschanicum; A. schoenosprasum alpinum; A. schoenoprasum 'Foresgate'; A. scopulorum hyb; A. sibthorpianum; A. sp. blue; A. sp pink; A. thunberii; A. thunbergii 'Ozawa'; A. siskiyouense; A. stipitatum; A. tripedale; A. texanum; A. unifolium dark pink; A. unifolium pale pink; A. victorialis platyphyllum; A. wallichii; A. woronowii ; A. zebdanen. ... Learn More

Magnificent, ten inch, spherical heads composed of glossy amethystine violet stars (which can be dried to give pleasure all year), will turn heads for years to come. Undoubtedly one of the most flamboyant members of this enormous family of plants. ... Learn More

This gorgeous, easily-grown dwarf, from grassy slopes up to 11,000 ft in the mountains of north western China, is perfect for a scree or rockery, forming a tight clump of grassy leaves about 8" high, with nodding clusters of deep violet-purple flowers with sharply-pointed petals in summer. ... Learn More

This charming little plant from the dry hills of southern Europe produces many-flowered umbels of glistening-yellow, vaguely bell-shaped flowers with prominently protruding stamens in early summer. Best planted in clusters or allowed to self-seed, it does of its best in an open, sunny position in well-drained soil. ... Learn More

This unusual selected dwarf form of the superb lemon-peel-yellow plant is ideal for either outside in the garden or in a pot. One of the very dwarfest of all alliums, it is extremely well-mannered, easily grown in almost any situation, and highly recommended, being a lovely choice for a trough or compact rock garden. ... Learn More