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Allium His Excellency
A fantastic addition to any garden; Allium His Excellency flowers right when your garden is most in need of colour - after your daffodils and before your summer perennials. This majestic Allium produces large lilac spherical flower heads made up of hundreds of tiny florets tightly clustered together.
Details Allium His Excellency
- Very easy to grow
- Large Flowers
- Blooms: May - July
- Flower colour: purple
- Full grown height: 3 - 5'
- Plant depth: 6''
- Plant spacing: 8''
- Hardiness: 5 Fahrenheit
- Not Shipped to Idaho, Nevada and Washington
- Suitable for: Zone 3 - Zone 10
- Suitable for: Zone 4 - Zone 10
How to take care of Allium His Excellency
As a general rule –Plant Allium His Excellency in good light well-drained soil at a depth of 3 times the height of the bulb. Large flowering Alliums prefer full sun, but all other Alliums will tolerate partial shade.
Allium His Excellency dislike been disturbed, so leave Allium His Excellency for few years untouched. Divide clumps in autumn every 3-4 years of so. You can improve heavy soil by mixing in some builders sand.
Place Allium His Excellency bulbs with the 'nose' upward into the soil. Always water well after planting to stimulate growth. For best results, as the buds materialize, add a high potash liquid feed in early spring to fertilize.
Allow foliage to die back naturally as this will send nutrients to Allium His Excellency bulbs for next year’s bloom. Please note to survive harsh winters apply a mulch (straw or newspaper) over them to avoid any frost damage.
Remove when all danger of frost has passed.
