Allium

[MissS]

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[SpookyShoe]

Do any pollinators like the flowers?

[MissS]

Yes, the bees really like it and I did see a White Cabbage Butterfly on it too.

[Shule]

Pollinators really liked our ornamental Alliums earlier this year, too, as well as the flowers for the bunching onions (Allium fistulosum). Our ornamentals were probably a different kind than yours, but I'm not sure.

[Growing Coastal]

Any allium I have ever grown has been an attractor of bees. The elephant garlic flowers are a favourite of hummingbirds as well as bees.

[MissS]

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[MissS]

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[svalli]

My Alliums are starting to flower. Through years I have planted different kinds of hybrid alliums and I think that they have also multiplied from seeds. I have lilies and cranesbills in the same flower bench, so that those will cover the area when allium leaves are withering.

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These ones are the non-hybrid Allium giganteums. The flower heads are a bit smaller and denser than in the hybrids and the flower stalks are taller and thicker. The bulbs of these supposed to be edible, but I grow them only as ornamental.

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Sari

[MissS]

Sari those are absolutely lovely!

[svalli]

Bees really love the Allium flowers. I noticed many wild bees on them today.

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[MissS]

The allium are just finishing now. They have multiplied beautifully.

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[PlainJane]

Gorgeous!