Alliums

[ppeatfruit]

Does anyone have ideas on what to do when they've flowered, died and been pushed over by the wind? Do you take the bulbs up for next year like hyacinths?

It's the first time I've grown them.

I never take mine up.
I put the stalks with heads on beside the compost and birds, insects still like them.

Leave the bulbs in the ground.

Ok thanks. TheQueef like sunflowers, I put them by the bird table.

So they come up next year, thanks Thomas ?

I don’t pull my bulbs up, just leave to flower again next year

Great, thanks everyone

Do you have to wait until they are a bit withered before cutting the stalks off? Mine are green now but still standing up straight.

Let them die back so the goodness is taken back into bulb

Thanks for that, I had a feeling that was the answer.

Yes, they come back the next year. I recommend you plant more, because they are lovely! Which variety have you got op?

They are lovely, I've got drk purple and whitish tall ones, my garden is difficult sometimes , hebes hate it!! So I'm pleased they grew well, the East wind we had in the spring (we are mid west Fr.) knocked them over though. I did pick the fallen ones to put in a flower arrangment. They look good even after flowering

Hebes hate my garden too! I am waiting for the sphaerocephalons to flower. They flop right over, but are really long flowering, and also flower later. I really love alliums because they are so low maintenance !

Tie them to a wood cane if they’re still healthy to keep them upright

What are the whitish tall ones called? I bought 10 purple sensation bulbs last autumn and they all flowered beautifully. I didn't realise they were so easy to grow!! Will be ordering more bulbs and dotting them around the garden for next year.

The purple are karativinse the whitish are leeks. I think because I lost the label. My book is quite old.

I thought they were winter\spring flowerers not summer, silly me! They took an age to come up but are worth the wait.