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Common name Persian onion Family alliaceae Life cycle perennial bulb (Z5-9) Flowers purple clusters, early summer Size 18" Light full sun- part shade Cultural notes ordinary garden soil From seed easy, germinate at room temperature. stay small in first year, bloom second year, and more strongly in following years. Seed ripens late August Purple-pink drumsticks atop strappy foliage from June into summer. For some reason, ours never get as full and round as some of the pictures I've seen - maybe because they get only part-day sun.

We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston.

Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list

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Cambridge Gallery

brilliant close-up photo

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