Allium cyathophorum var. farreri

Price: £5.00

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Brand: The Plantsman's Preference
Family: Alliaceae
Main Season: Spring
Flower Colour: Purple
Leaf Colour: Green
Foliage: Deciduous
Position: Sun
Soil Type: Dry, well drained
Height: 15cm to 30cm (6" to 12")
Peat Free? Yes
Hardiness Guide: RHS H4 minimum -5C to -10C
Pot Size: 9cm

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A delightful low growing species producing glowing purple flowers in pendent clusters in spring and early summer. Makes neat clumps of grassy leaves, the flowers slightly taller to 20cm. Drained soil in full sun.

An excellent plant for the front of a border or on a scree or rockery. Unlike many Alliums it is well behaved just producing the odd self-sown seedling in the years we have grown it.

From Kansu (Gansu), in northern China.

Named by William Stearn as Allium farreri in 1930 and then reassigned by Stearn to a variety of Allium cyathophorum in 1950.

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