Description | 'Summer Beauty' Allium )Allium tanguticum) is a clumping, chives-like Allium with lavender-pink flowers in the summer. |
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Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average, tolerates dry |
Soil & Site | average, well-drained, not soggy |
Flowers | 2", globe shaped, lavender pink |
Leaves | green, strap-like, at the base |
Dimensions | 16-20 inches tall |
Maintenance | reported to be sterile so it won't reseed like many other Alliums |
Propagation | division |
Cultivar Origin | Roy Diblik of Northwind Perennial Farm, Wisconsin (USA) discovered this plant in a driveway of a client’s home, and propagated it at his farm. |
Notes & Reference | Northwind Perennial Farm web site |