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Allium Hair in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Allium vineale 'Hair'

 

Allium 'Hair'

A rather unusual allium with green and purple hair-like flowers, early summer flowering so good to plant the bulb among perennials. Great for bees and cut flowers

 
plant Features
  • Allium Hair likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Allium Hair likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Allium Hair is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Allium Hair likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Allium 'Hair'

Latin name

Allium vineale 'Hair'

type

Bulb

family

Amaryllidaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Allium Hair likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Allium Hair is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Allium Hair likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Allium Hair likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
  •  
    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Allium Hair is 0.15meters x 0.80meters 0.15 M 0.80 M

Allium vineale 'Hair'

A rather unusual allium with green and purple hair-like flowers, early summer flowering so good to plant the bulb among perennials. Great for bees and cut flowers


Propagation by division.

From Early Spring TO Late Autumn

Species which multiply rapidly can be split in the autumn or as growth starts in the spring.. Replant both spring and autumn-divided plants immediately and keep the soil moist.

 

Flowering Season

From Early Summer TO Mid Summer

Most allium varieties flower from early to mid-summer.

 

Planting

From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn

Alliums do best in well drained soil in full sun. Plant smaller types among alpine plants, the others, between low growing shrubs or herbaceous plants. Plant in mid to late autumn covering the bulbs to 3 or 4 times their own depth and leave untouched for several years until the clumps are so thick that flowering is stifled, and then divide the clumps.

 

Propagating by offsets

From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn

Alliums very often produce off-sets - little immature bulbs at the side of the bulb. In Autumn the bulb can be lifted and the offsets gently removed and replanted.

 
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