Allium flavum (Yellow-Flowered Garlic)

Native to the Mediterranean, Allium flavum (Yellow-Flowered Garlic) is a showy and carefree bulbous perennial with fragrant umbels of pendant, golden-yellow, bell-shaped flowers on thin arching stalks. Each stem produces up to 60 flowers and rises atop the foliage of narrow, blue-green leaves. Blooming in late spring to early summer, this charming Allium is fully hardy and looks very charming in the rock garden.

• Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society
• Grows in clumps, up to 4-12 in. tall (10-33 cm) and 2-3 in. wide (5-7 cm). Allium flavum naturalizes easily and will come back year after year!
• Easily grown in average, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun. Light afternoon shade is appreciated in hot summer climates. Add grit to clay soils to improve drainage.
• Known for attracting bees, butterflies, ​moths, and other pollinators, but deer ignore it.
• Stunning in beds and borders, rock gardens, and gravel gardens. For best visual impact, plant in groups (at least 10 to 15 bulbs).
• To be planted in spring (seed) or fall (bulbs).
• Propagate by seed, sowing in containers in a cold frame when just ripe or in the spring. Alternatively, remove offsets in autumn.
• Native to the Mediterranean region

Many hundreds of Allium species exist, but only a modest few have made a name for themselves as garden plants. The ornamental onions distinguish themselves by their great diversity in color, inflorescence, and flowering height. Many species bloom in early summer – just after the spring-flowering period and just before the exuberant full bloom of summer. All species can be used in the border. Certain small species are just perfect for a rock garden, and several lend themselves to naturalizing.