Allium 2017

[ashley]

Welcome from me too Aleksandr
I'm growing several of your collections (via Kurt Vickery), including A. pallasii above.

[Aleksandr Naumenko]

Thank you Ashley! I am glad to know that there is Allium pallasii in Ireland too.
At present I have also white blooming from from Kazakhstan

[Maggi Young]

Spotted on Facebook from Panayoti Kelaidis to Mark McDonough ....

Panayoti Kelaidis‎

"I can't believe I'm the first to post congratulations on your FB wall for Allium 'Millennium" which I've always considered one of the all time greatest alliums. The Perennial Plant Association has voted this 2018 Plant of the Year! You have given gardens (and nurserymen) a great gift in this stellar plant (which is blooming its head off at DBG where this picture was taken a few years ago). Mine at home looks pretty good as well: we thank you!"

[fermi de Sousa]

Allium chamaemoly is absolutely tiny and I must try it in a trough
cheers
fermi

[ashley]

Can anyone identify this allium for me please?  25-30 cm tall & just starting to flower now.
My guess is Allium senescens ssp. montanum var. glaucum but would welcome an expert opinion

[ArnoldT]

Something new to me.

Black aphids on an Allium

[Maggi Young]

Something new to me.

Black aphids on an Allium

Mercy! They'll eat anything!

[fermi de Sousa]

Something new to me.

Black aphids on an Allium

Hi Arnold,
check out: Neotoxoptera formosana - they can decimate onion crops as well as ornamentals.
A word of warning garlic spray doesn't affect them!
cheers
fermi

[Karaba]

Can anyone identify this allium for me please?  25-30 cm tall & just starting to flower now.
My guess is Allium senescens ssp. montanum var. glaucum but would welcome an expert opinion

I'm not an expert but I would say same as you. Nevertheless, I would spell it Allium lusitanicum (better if you want to write it on a label  )

If you want more details about the senescens-lusitanicum complex : https://www.zobodat.at/stable/pdf/LBB_0030_2_0815-0830.pdf

[ArnoldT]

Fermi:

thanks, I'll look into it.

Interesting it's the first time they appeared.

[Yann]

the delightful allium callimischon subsp haemostictum, mother nature was pretty good at drawing shapes.

[Maggi Young]

the delightful allium callimischon subsp haemostictum, mother nature was pretty good at drawing shapes.

An excellent example of how a photo can draw attention to the exquisite detail in   diminutive flowers that might otherwise go un-noticed and under-appreciated.

[David Nicholson]

........ and a very good photo too.

[Claire Cockcroft]

I hope I've correctly identified this allium I saw in July in Sikkim. Damp forest, around 3400m.  Allium prattii?  I loved the color.
...Claire

[fermi de Sousa]

I posted a pic of Watsonia socium and this Allium ampeloprasum (Ampeloprasum Group) ‘Elephant Garlic’ on the South African Bulb Thread.
Here's a clearer pic of the Allium - definitely not one for the rock garden!
cheers
fermi