{"id":279,"date":"2016-11-09T11:44:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T11:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moongarden.co.uk\/wp01\/?post_type=product&p=279"},"modified":"2025-06-14T09:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T08:13:41","slug":"seeds-allium-christophii","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.moongarden.co.uk\/wp01\/product\/seeds-allium-christophii\/","title":{"rendered":"Allium christophii"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allium christophii (Allium albopilosum<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Star of Persia or Persian Onion<\/strong><\/p>\n

Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (AGM)<\/strong><\/p>\n

You will receive enough seed for at least 30+ plants<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gigantic heads of silvery lilac on a stocky 30-40cm stem. Beautiful curled grey-green leaves.<\/p>\n

The leaves wither before the flowers appear in early summer.<\/p>\n

Flowers through May – July.<\/p>\n

It grows to 60\u00a0cm (24″) and is cultivated in gardens for its large,\u00a0showy umbels of silvery pink\/lilac star-shaped flowers (up to 100+ per head) with a metallic sheen,\u00a020\u201325\u00a0cm (8-10″) in diameter, which appear in early summer.<\/p>\n

The flowers are followed by attractive fruiting clusters. The seed heads are long lasting and suitable for dry flower arrangements.\u00a0Ideal to add colour after the tulips and daffodils have flowered and before many of the summer flowering bulbs are flowering.<\/p>\n

The faded flowerheads hold up well in the border and are useful for dried flower arrangements.<\/p>\n

Perfect for a sunny site, dotted in small groups among ornamental grasses, or as part of a Mediterranean scheme.<\/p>\n

Alliums look best planted between medium-sized herbaceous plants\u00a0which help to mask the strap-like leaves that die back by the time the flowers appear.<\/p>\n

Attracts butterflies and bees.\u00a0Also perfect for containers.<\/p>\n

Propagation is from seed in spring, or, as the clumps become bigger, you can remove bulblet offsets in autumn for growing on.<\/p>\n

Larger established clumps can also be divided in spring or autumn.<\/p>\n

Family:<\/strong>\u00a0Allioideae
\nGenus:<\/strong>\u00a0Allium
\nPlant type:<\/strong>\u00a0Hardy perennial bulb
\nNative to:<\/strong>\u00a0Turkey and Iran
\nFlower colour:<\/strong>\u00a0Silvery-pink, lilac
\nFoliage colour:<\/strong>\u00a0Grey-green
\nFlowers:<\/strong>\u00a0Late spring and summer
\nSun exposure:<\/strong>\u00a0Full sun
\nSoil:<\/strong>\u00a0Well-drained\/light, Moist
\nHardiness:<\/strong>\u00a0Hardy
\nHeight:<\/strong>\u00a060cm (24 inches)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (AGM)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gigantic heads of silvery lilac on a stocky 30-40cm stem. Beautiful curled grey-green leaves. Attracts butterflies and bees, perfect for containers or in the border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[14],"product_tag":[],"yoast_head":"\nAllium christophii - MoonGarden<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moongarden.co.uk\/wp01\/product\/seeds-allium-christophii\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Allium christophii - MoonGarden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (AGM) Gigantic heads of silvery lilac on a stocky 30-40cm stem. Beautiful curled grey-green leaves. 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