| Description | Blue Globe Allium (Allium caeruleum) is a late-blooming Allium with globular blue flowers |
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| Pronunciation | (AL-ee-um)(sir-EW-lee-um) |
| Plant Type | Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, rots in wet soils |
| Flowers | 1 inch, globular blue |
| Leaves | basal leaves die before flowering |
| Stems | bulb |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Cultivar Origin | Heirloom bulb from the 1830's |
| Author's Notes | At the Boerner Botanical Gardens it has jumped all over the gardens. Many times producing fantastic combinations. |
| Notes & Reference | #207-Alliums The Ornamental Onion (Dilys Davies) |
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