Allium Hookeri var Muliense

Description

Yellow pompom flower clusters on top of sturdy stems.

This yellow allium could quite easily be mistaken as a leek with its foliage looking the same and then all changes with flowering. With 8cm yellow pompoms that are ideal for cut flower. Best grown in borders and large containers.

Flowering: Summer-Autumn

Hardiness: Fully Hardy

Height: 40cm

Spread: 35cm

Further information:

When this bulbous plant has finished flowering it will go into dormancy. Leave the foliage and flowers on till totally died back.

Common Name: Hooker’s Onion

Life Cycle: perennial

Family: Amaryllidaceae

Foliage: Lanceolate

Basic Colour: ( Yellow )

Flower Colour: Yellow

Natural Flowering: June – July

Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy

Height with Flowers: 60cm

Soil Requirements: moist / well-drained /Sandy

Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral

Location:  container / cottage garden / border / Mediterranean /  meadow

Usage: ornamental / bee food plant

Pruning: Cut back or deadhead after flowering

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

Origin: Asia