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Allium cernuum
Wild Nodding Onion
- » Easy to Grow
- » Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies
- » Excellent nectar source for native bees
- » Deer tend to leave this plant alone
- » Drought Tolerant
- Category:Perennial
- Breeder:American Beauties Native Plants
- Hardiness Zone:3-9
- Height:12-18 in
- Spread:12-18 in
- Bloom Color: Purple Shades
- Foliage Color: Green Shades
Easy to identify by its distinctive, nodding, pastel lilac-pink flowers in late spring, Nodding Onion thrives in challenging sites such as hot sun and gravely soil. It is strikingly beautiful and is well-suited a formal or wild garden, as well as a natural meadow. Easy, dependable and very drought tolerant once established.
Attributes
| • | Border or Bed |
| • | Container |
| • | Fragrant |
| • | Native |
| • | Naturalizing |
| • | Rock Garden |
| • | Summer Bloomer |
Foliage Color
| • | Green |
Critter Resistance
| • | Deer Resistant |
Programs
| • | American Beauties Native Plants® |
Season of Interest (Flowering)
| • | Summer Bloomer |
Habit
| • | Upright |
Growing & Maintenance Tips for Allium cernuum
Full sun in moist, average or dry soil. Very easy to grow and drought tolerant once established. Will tolerate light shade, but will give best show in full sun.Allium cernuum forms slowly expanding clumps and can be divided easily at any time. Deadhead flowers before seed sets to help control any unwanted spread. Foliage persists past flowering into late summer before dying back.