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Flowering and growth height
40 - 50 cm
Planting depth
10 - 15 cm
Planting distance
25 - 30 cm
Attracting bees and butterflies
Yes
Suitable for pots and planters
Yes
Deer and rodent resistant
Yes
Fragrant
No
Suitable as cut flower
Yes

Allium Schubertii is a real sensation for your garden! This incredible flower looks like a New Year’s sparkler in your hand! Allium Schubertii is also called tumbleweed onion and it grows beautiful, ornamental star-shaped flowers that widely spread and grow on different lengths in a beautiful purplish-pink colour. This allium is a native from Asia and has an aroma of an onion if it’s cut. Allium Schubertii is a fantastic transition between the spring and the summer as it blooms between May and June. When fully grown, it reaches 40-50 cm in length. 

Allium belongs to the same family as garlic and onion, that is why it’s called an “ornamental onion”. Make sure to plant your allium in a dry and well-drained (sandy) soil and open areas with full sun.

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Attracting bees and butterflies Yes
Bulb/tuber size 12/14
Deer and rodent resistant Yes
Delivered as Flower bulb / tuber
Flower colour Pink
Flowering and growth height 40 - 50 cm
Flowering period May
Fragrant No
Hardy Yes
Hardyness zone 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Naturalising No
Number per m2 20
Per package 1
Place / planting position Partial shade, Sun
Planting depth 10 - 15 cm
Planting distance 25 - 30 cm
Suitable as cut flower Yes
Suitable for pots and planters Yes
Type Allium

Other information

  • First loosen the soil well where the allium bulbs will be planted. Then the soil is easier to work with.
  • Dig a hole and make sure it is 2 to 3 times as deep as the height of the bulbs.
  • For the distance between the bulbs, make sure it is 2 times the diameter of the bulbs.
  • Plant the flower bulbs in the hole with the pointed side facing up or with the root base facing down.
  • Cover the allium bulbs with soil and water them well.

Spring bulbs and Amaryllis

Pre-orders can be placed from June until the end of August ,unlesss otherwise indicated, and will be shipped in the first half of September. Pre-orders with spring bloomers and Amaryllis are shipped together in the first half of October.

Delivery times are 3-7 working days from mid-September to the end of December..

Wax Amaryllissen was delivered in mid-September and February.

Summer flowering bulbs and perennials

Pre-orders for Summer bloomers can be placed from the beginning of January until the end of February, these will be shipped in the first half of March.

Delivery times are 3-7 working days from mid-March to the end of May.

Perennials in nursery pots

Perennials in nursery pots can be pre-ordered from mid-January to the end of February. Shipping will take place in the first half of March.

During the planting season, delivery time is 3-7 working days. Planting times are from mid-March to May and from mid-September to the end of November.

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