Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'

ALLIUM hollandicum
'Purple Sensation'
Flowering Onion

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 3-4' (90-120cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Purple

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Liliidae (Lily Superorder)

Order: Liliales (Lily Order)

Family: Alliaceae (Onion Family)

Genus: Allium (Flowering Onion)

Species: hollandicum (from Holland)

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Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation' is a very impressive hybrid Flowering Onion. It produces a tuft of large, strap-shaped leaves, with a strong stem 3' or so high holding a ball up to 6" across of many small purple starry flowers over quite a long period. Makes a useful cut flower as well as an impressive plant for the back of the border, and the seedhead can also be used in dried flower arrangements.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Autumn
Outside
(157 days)

Seed Pod Each individual flower produces its own seedpod, forming a large starry seedhead.
Seed The seeds are black balls. There are several seeds in each seed pod.
Seedling The seedling has a single grassy leaf.

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				Germination: Autumn Outside (157 days)
Seed Pod Each individual flower produces its own seedpod, forming a large starry seedhead. Seed The seeds are black balls. There are several seeds in each seed pod. Seedling The seedling has a single grassy leaf.