Nijssenbulbs.com
Nijssen Tuin & Bulbs Heemstede | Official site of Peter C. Nijssen
Allium giganteum
€3.50
Dutch Tax included
Description
One of the biggest and most striking Alliums with very strong, up to 175 cm tall flower stems. The blue-green, shiny strap-shaped leaves are about eight cm wide and up to thirty cm long. The smooth flower stem bears a rare, perfectly spherical inflorescence with more than 100 individual bluish-violet flowers. A. giganteum is being cultivated since 1883. Origin: i.a. Northeast Iran, Northwest Afghanistan.
Data sheet
- Preferred Placement
- Semi shade
- Color
- violet blue
- Bulb size
- 20/24
- Bulb Spacing
- 30
- Planting Depth
- 15-20
- Height in cm.
- 150-175
- Flowering time in the months
- 6-7
One of the biggest and most striking Alliums with very strong, up to 175 cm tall flower stems. The blue-green, shiny strap-shaped leaves are about eight cm wide and up to thirty cm long. The smooth flower stem bears a rare, perfectly spherical inflorescence with more than 100 individual bluish-violet flowers. A. giganteum is being cultivated since 1883. Origin: i.a. Northeast Iran, Northwest Afghanistan.