Alliums are easy and fun to grow, the bees just love them. They multiply slowly, and have great names like "Globemaster" and "Mt. Everest." I used to have a variety called "Schubertii" which looked like a firework on a stick, but unfortunately it pooped out over the years. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Allium/Allium_schubertii.jpg
Like all the spring bulbs, they disappear completely for most of the year, and of course you forget where you once planted them. When I'm planting tulips in the fall, sometimes I'll slice into a nest of alliums with a shovel which makes me feel bad, although plenty always come back in the spring. The bulbs are as beautiful as the flowers: round, white, smooth and as big as tennis balls.
Like all the spring bulbs, they disappear completely for most of the year, and of course you forget where you once planted them. When I'm planting tulips in the fall, sometimes I'll slice into a nest of alliums with a shovel which makes me feel bad, although plenty always come back in the spring. The bulbs are as beautiful as the flowers: round, white, smooth and as big as tennis balls.
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