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Fri, Apr 21, 06 at 21:15
| This might be the dumbest allium question ever! I'm in zone 6...if I plant ornamental alliums, say Globemaster, is this something I plant once and leave in the ground? Do I lift the bulbs and overwinter? Do they continue to bloom year after year, or are they more like tulips, fading with time? Thanks. |
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| Hi Jen, Not a dumb question. Here in lovely Zone 4, we leave them in the ground year after year to multiply and bloom for years. I believe alliums need a chill period like tulips and daffs to bloom. Globemaster is a great allium to grow. I would consider it even with the extra chilling work. Sally |
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- Posted by sharon_can 6b (My Page) on Mon, Aug 7, 06 at 11:03
| I'm in zone 6 and love ornamental alliums but they seem to peter out after a couple of years. As I hear about them multiplying in other gardens, I wonder what I am doing wrong. I don't water my garden except in extreme drought so it isn't that. |
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- Posted by playdirt z4 MN (playdirt@hotmail.com) on Thu, Aug 24, 06 at 23:23
| Globemaster has the rep of lasting only a couple years here. It is pricey also. cathy |
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| I've planted alliums, but the flowers are never as large as the catalog photos look like, whats the deal? I love those huge blue balls of flowers. |
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- Posted by columbusgardener 6 (My Page) on Fri, Sep 8, 06 at 18:25
| if left to go to seed do these seeds germinate and grow and flower? Debbie |
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