| Description | Jade Eyes Allium (Allium nigrum) is a spring-blooming bulb featuring white, globular flowers. Jade Eyes is a selected cultivar known for its dark green, lobed ovaries in the center of the floret. |
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| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc. |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, dry, drought tolerant |
| Soil & Site | average, dry, well-drained |
| Flowers | The 3-4 inch umbel is borne on the apex of a tall scape. The florets are white (can be pinkish) with greenish-black lobed ovaries and six white tepals. The flower may form bulbils. |
| Leaves | Has 3-6 broadly linear basal leaves. |
| Stems | They are a geophyte growing from a bulb. |
| Dimensions | 24-30 inches |
| Maintenance | Plant 3-4 bulbs per square foot and are planted in the fall. |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Author's Notes | I don't know if 'Jade Eyes' is a cultivar name or just a common name. There is very little info on this, and I have seen plants labeled both ways. Another botanical conundrum! |
| Notes & Reference | #207-Alliums "The Ornamental Onion" (Dilys Davies), #273-Gardenia (www.gardenia.net) |
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