Details
- Supplied As
- Bulbs
- Bulb Size
- Top Size
- Flowering Height
- 40-50 cm
- RHS Recommended
- Award of Garden Merit
- Plants for Pollinators
- Colour
- Pinks & Pastels
- Flowering Time
- July
- August
- Planting Time
- September
- October
- November
Allium Carinatum ssp. Pulchellum
M5031
Description
Allium Carinatum subsp. Pulchellum, also known as Keeled Garlic, is a graceful clump-forming perennial producing loose clusters of violet-pink star-shaped flowers on slender, arching stems through July and August. The delicate blooms of Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum bring movement and light texture to sunny borders, gravel gardens, and naturalistic planting schemes, where they mix beautifully among grasses and late-summer perennials.
Care Guide
Plant in rich, well-drained soil. Larger bulbs should be planted 10 cm deep and the smaller ones 5 cm deep; they may be left undisturbed for many years.
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Carinatum ssp. Pulchellum Album
M4987
Allium Carinatum subsp. pulchellum ‘Album’ produces elegant sprays of pure white, star-shaped flowers held on slender stems abover narrow grey-green foliage through midsummer. The airy blooms of Allium carinatum subsp. pulchellum ‘Album’ bring lightness and movement to sunny borders, gravel gardens, and naturalistic planting schemes, where the crisp white flowers contrast beautifully against green foliage and ornamental grasses.
Graceful and easy to grow, this refined allium thrives in a sunny, well-drained position and adds subtle texture and long-lasting seasonal interest to the garden.
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Orange Sunset
N0124
Deliciously-scented and bold, Large Trumpet Daffodil ‘Orange Sunset’ boasts a crisp white perianth, overlapping slightly and holding a citrus orange trumpet - delivering punchy colour and sweet fragrance to the early spring garden.
Usually blooming between March and April, the large, funnelled trumpet first opens up in orange, before lightening to a rich yellow colour and fading into soft peach. A wonderful cut flower, large trumpet daffodil Orange Sunset lasts for days in the vase.
Scatter the bulbs of these pretty, sunproof show-stoppers and plant where they can naturalise and bloom year after year, announcing springtime.
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Speciosus Semedo
C2069
This unusual Crocus speciosus Semedo puts on a show-stopping display in the autumn garden, when its violet-blue, cup-shaped flowers bloom, with a distinct silver sheen on the petal exteriors and dark tinged stems.
Details which must be seen up close to be appreciated and which allow the stamens to pop.
Scatter the bulbs to flower in colourful, naturalistic drifts through grass or garden borders, adding interest to the autumn garden when all else if often starting to fade.
Crocus speciosus Semedo will naturalise beautifully in rich, well-drained soil in full sun.
