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Cultivating the Allium For the Gardener
by Ian Smith
The Allium are hardy bulbous-rooted perennials.
Several members of the genus Allium are common kitchen garden vegetables, such as chives, leeks, onions, and shallots. The ornamental alliums, the culture of which is given here, are grown for their showy flower-heads.
All the ornamental alliums may be grown without difficulty in any well-worked garden soil of average quality. An open sunny position is best for most, though Allium Moly will thrive quite well in partial shade. Allium ostrowskianurn is sufficiently choice and compact to be given a good place in the rock garden, but other species are best planted in the herbaceous border. Annual lifting and ripening of the bulbs is not advisable. Autumn is the most suitable season for planting, and once established the bulbs may be left undisturbed for many years. Allium neapolitanum is often treated as a greenhouse plant and forced for early flowers, as it is very suitable for cutting.
For this purpose five or six bulbs can be accommodated in a 5-in. pot, as they may be placed almost shoulder to shoulder. A compost of two parts loam, one part peat moss litter, and a little sand is suitable. The pots are plunged in ashes to a depth of 3 or 4 in. and allowed to remain there till growth commences, when they are removed to the cold frame, and from thence a few weeks later to the warm greenhouse. Temperatures of round 60 degrees should not be exceeded, at any rate till the last week or so. After flowering, water must gradually be withheld to allow the bulbs to ripen.
Seeds may be sown in a cool greenhouse or frame in March and the seedlings hardened off for pricking out in a sunny bed outdoors in May. Another method of increase is to remove offsets from the parent bulbs in autumn.
About the Author
Ian has a great interest in gardening and writes occasional articles. Come and visit his newest website at Orthomatic Adjustable Beds, and look particularly at the Adjustable Bed Mattress
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