Allium Drumstick Flower Oil

Drumstick allium allium sphaerocephalon.

Allium drumstick flower oil. The end result was flower borders filled with pyschedelic sputniks in shades of ochre turquoise purple and orange yet the allium bulbs and roots in the ground were completely. The teardrop shaped bloom lasts through june and july in the midwest. Their one inch flower clusters start off greenish and eventually start to resemble red clover.

The inconspicuous bud emerges in mid may followed by a deep green flower that over a week s time changes to a rosy burgundy flower that the honeybees adore. Butterflies love them and so will you. The drumstick allium is adorned with an egg sized burgundy flower atop a stick straight slender 2 3 stock.

Individual plants can spread about a foot to a foot and a half. Great with ornamental grasses. They look best when allowed to waft their way throughout the garden so that they can surprise you by peeking out through other flowers.

Blooming in late spring or early summer this spectacular allium remains ornamental in the garden well into summer. Don t confuse drumstick alliums with drumstick flowers scabiosa stellata also known as starflowers this plant is a member of the honeysuckle family caprifoliaceae and the flower clusters have a similar shape but it is otherwise completely different from the drumstick allium. Every family has its beauties.

Blooms in early july a couple weeks after purple sensation. It s a great choice for growing in a mixed herbaceous border among ornamental grasses or gravel gardens. Not as erect and orderly as purple sensation but in the right place where casual is ok the two toned burgundy green heads are fantastic.

The word allium means onion in latin many allium species are native to iran where many tulips also originate and the edible alliums have been cultivated and a staple of diets for over 10 000 years. Once again the foliage is rather tatty. The drumstick allium allium sphaerocephalon is a striking allium bearing dense green drumstick style flower heads which mature to maroon red.