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Allium Bulbs - Description
- Drumstick Allium Bulbs
- Variety: Atropurpureum
- Quantity: 15 Bulbs Per Pack
- Flower Head Size: Approx. 5cm in Diameter
- Fully Grown Height: 60-90cm
- Flower Colour: Deep Purple / Blackcurrant Colour
- Stem: Wiry & Contorted Stems
- Sow: September - December
- In Bloom: July - August
- Variety: Drumstick
- Requires Full Sun
- Bulb Size: 5+
- Spacing: 10 - 15cm
Allium Bulbs - Uses
- Small & delicate Alliums flowers look great dotted throughout borders
- Ideal for raised beds
- Position amongst medium & low growing plants
- Under-plant roses & other flowering plants
- Some good companion plants for Allium Drumstick include
- Box balls, Ferns, Cornflowers & Fatsia
- Suited to containers & cut flower gardens
Allium Bulbs - How to Sow
- Alliums are Summer flowering bulbs
- They require a sunny location
- Sowing time: Autumn
- Sowing Depth: Approx. 2 - 4 inches deep
- Sow with pointed end pointing upwards
- Prepare planting hole using a bulb planter
- Space allium bulbs 10cm to 15cm apart
- If soil is not well draining then add a small amount of sand to base of hole
- Fill in hole with soil
- Water well & feed once foliage appears
- Cut back foliage once flowering has passed and leaves have wilted
- Lift & divide bulbs every 4 or 5 years
