Alliums

[BurningTheToast]

Morning all,

I have a narrow curved border (about 30cm by 12 metres) in front of a retaining wall which I'm going to plant up with (mostly) lavender and alliums. However, the builder can't re-render the wall for another month or so meaning that realistically I'm not going to be able to do any planting until next spring.

I'm growing on some tiny lavenders in my little pop-up greenhouse over the winter, but I wonder whether I might be able to pot up some alliums to get them started and then plant the contents of each pot out in early spring?

What do you think?

Hi,

I haven't done this myself, but garden centres sell alliums in pots that way and there is no reason why it shouldn't work for you.

Good point - I'll do that when I pot up my fritillary bulbs this weekend - no point putting those out yet as the squirrels will have them!

Thanks

Yes you can, although I've put alliums in quite late and they've still come up in the late spring.

Which reminds me that this year I really must dig up the clump of alliums I heeled in when the patio was redone, and that come up every year in a crowd reminding me I didn't replant them where I meant to.