Following the early bulbs, alliums are of growing interest for garden accent and color.
Kinship with the onion is well disguised in most kinds, although A. schoenoprasum, with pretty lavender clover-like flowers, is the chive itself with leaves that are tasty in soups and salads.
Allium Molly
A. molly has twinkly yellow flowers, ten inches high, May-June.
Allium Albo-Pilosum
A. albo-pilosum forms spectacular round ten-inch flower heads of starry lavender flowers, June.
Allium Azureum
A. azureum produces small globes of sky blue, pretty with early yellow hemerocallis; 15-inch plants.
Allium Karataviense
A. karataviense is mostly grown for its wide flat leaves; flowers are undistinguished pink and low.
Allium Ostrowskianum
A. ostrowskianum, bright early lavender-pink flowers six inches high, worthwhile for rock gardens.
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