One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include lenten rose, peony, redbud, azalea, elephant ear, lantana, coneflower, savory calamint and rudbeckia. Alliums, ...

Planting alliums gives you the same punch in the late-spring garden as using onions in cooking — all the elements of the dish will be more pungent and appealing. Flowering alliums are, indeed, part of ...

The crocuses disappear, the daffodils fade, the tulips peak, and then up pop the alliums: globes of flowers rising like blue and purple soap bubbles above the lush green foliage of late spring. “I ...

As autumn progresses, garden centers really want to move those familiar spring bulbs like tulips and daffodils. (They won’t keep till next year.) But there are a few compelling reasons gardeners, even ...

Beautiful and sturdy with a flair for the dramatic, alliums are a graceful way to add color and architectural dimension to your garden. With large globes of tiny white, purple, yellow or blue flowers ...

It's easy to appreciate why the large-flowered border allium has become such a popular plant. Cultivars such as Globemaster, Purple Sensation and Firmament are plants of great beauty, and almost ...

My appreciation of a plant is based on two considerations – how it looks and how it performs from year to year. As the moniker Casual Gardener implies, I’m not the most attentive plantsman and at my ...

Alliums are an essential addition to the late spring and early summer garden. They create a stunning contrast of shape and texture when planted amongst herbaceous perennials, create vertical accents ...