Allium acuminatum

Description

With impressive pink urn-like flowers and has sharp pointed tepals.

Flowers: Spring-summer

Hardiness: Fully Hardy

Height: 25-30cm

Spread: 20cm

Common Name: Tapertip onion, Hooker’s onion

Life Cycle: perennial

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Foliage: Linear

Basic Colour: ( Pink )

Flower Colour: Pink / Purple

Natural Flowering: May – July

Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy

Height with Flowers: 25-30cm

Soil Requirements:  average / moist / well-drained

Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral

Location:  container / cottage garden / rock garden / Mediterranean

Usage: ornamental / bee food plant / attractive seed head

Pruning: Not required

Tolerates: drought tolerant / salt tolerant / deer resistance / rabbit resistance

Origin: Western United States / Canada