Allium callimischon ssp. haemostictum

Description

Striking white flowers with deep red/black detailing.

This is a beautiful flowering allium that generally opens up in bloom for October. Best grown in gritty soils. In excessive wet winters protect with covering. This plants does not perform well if cut back so leave old foliage to allow flowering.

Flowering: Autumn

Hardiness: Fully Hardy

Height: 10cm

Spread: 30cm

 

Further information:

When this bulbous plant has finished flowering it will go into dormancy. Leave the foliage and flowers on as this is where next years flowers will come from.

Common Name:

Life Cycle: perennial

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Foliage: Linear

Basic Colour: ( White  )

Flower Colour: White / Red

Natural Flowering: October – Novembre

Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy

Height with Flowers: 15cm

Soil Requirements:  average / dry / well-drained

Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral

Location:  container / rock garden / Mediterranean / crevice garden

Usage: ornamental

Pruning:  Do not dead head after flowering as these stems will produce the flowers the following year.

Tolerates: drought tolerant

Origin: Crete / Turkey