(Golden Trumpet Bush)

The heat-loving golden trumpet bush, also called dwarf allamanda, is a beautiful, compact shrub that is covered in bright yellow flowers all year around. Brazilian in origin, Allamanda schottii is a tropical evergreen that is popular plant for beds, borders, hedges and large containers.

Bright green to yellow-green leaves cover this shrub throughout the year. These are opposite to one another, and broadly elliptical in shape. The woody branches are covered with brown, furrowed bark...

(Ornamental Onion, Pink Feathers Ornamental Onion)

A summer-blooming ornamental onion, 'Pink Feathers' bears wispy clusters of pale pink-lavender blossoms. This hybrid perennial grows from bulbs that slowly reproduce to create a clump. Each bulb produces slender, light green leaves that may slightly twist. The leaves look resemble a wispy rosette. The rounded flower clusters comprise hundreds of tiny six-petaled flowers that are visited by bees and butterflies. No or few seeds result from pollination, making 'Pink Feathers' less of a spreading weed...

(Ornamental Onion)

The tasseled flower clusters of this small bulbous perennial are one of the most charming signs that spring has arrived; the spreading carpets of blue bring cheer to gardeners everywhere. Shaggy tufts of purplish-blue sterile flowers appear at the tips of straight stems, above greenish brown fertile flowers. The flower stalks emerge in mid spring from basal clumps of fresh green leaves. This grape hyacinth is native to dry meadows in southern Europe, Iraq, and Turkey.

Plant the bulbs of tassel...

(Giant Flowering Onion, Giant Ornamental Onion)

During the summer, the giant flowering onion reaches the height of many adults. Atop this long stem sits a lavender-pink globe the size of an orange. Each globe contains fifty or more star-shaped flowers with prominent stamens. Long, strappy leaves whither before this giant emerges. The giant onion is native to central Asia, where it grows in well-drained, often sandy soil in full sun.

Plant this bulb in the autumn six inches deep (15 cm)in well-drained neutral soil. Onions are drought tolerant...

(Dutch Ornamental Onion)

Dutch ornamental onion sprouts a softball-sized globe of purplish pink, star-shaped flowers in the summer. The flower stalk rises several feet as the large, strappy leaves die back. This species is a natural hybrid variant of Allium aflatunense, which is native to central Asia. Alliums are in the onion family and thus release the familiar pungent fragrance when their leaves or stems are crushed. It thrives in well-drained, even sandy, neutral soil in full sun.

Plant this bulb in the...

(Turkestan Onion)

The Turkestan onion is a perennial onion bulb grown both for its late-spring to summer blooming globes of pale pink flowers and its pairs of long, grayish-purple leaves which grow almost horizontally. Unlike most ornamental onions, the Turkestan onion keeps its leaves even while in flower. However, all onions lose their foliage in even the mildest winter climates. As a member of the onion family, this plant releases the familiar pungent fragrance when its leaves or stems are crushed. It is native...

(Turkestan Onion)

The Ivory Queen Turkestan onion is a perennial onion bulb grown both for its late-spring to summer blooming globes of white flowers and its pairs of long, grayish-purple leaves which grow almost horizontally. Unlike most ornamental onions, this one keeps its leaves while in flower. However, all onions lose their foliage in even the mildest winter climates. It is native to central Asia where it grows in well-drained soil in full sun.

Plant this bulb in the autumn four inches deep (10 cm) in fertile,...

(Maclean's Onion)

Native from Afghanistan to southwestern Asia, this bulbous perennial is grown for its dense umbels of star-shaped violet flowers which arise on tall stems in late spring and early summer. The long, strappy, glossy basal leaves wither as the flowers emerge. As with most ornamental onions, its leaves, stems, and bulbs are pungently scented.

Plant the bulbs in fertile, well drained soil at a depth two to three times their diameter. This plant likes ample sun and dryish summer conditions. Lift and...

(Golden Onion)

Golden garlic is grown for the bright golden yellow loose umbels that bloom in late spring to early summer. More than thirty star-shaped flowers emerge on a single stem from and amid long, flat gray-green glossy leaves. Golden garlic belongs to the onion family and thus releases the familiar pungent fragrance when its leaves or stems are crushed. It is native to southern and southwestern Europe, where it grows in well-drained, often sandy, soil in full sun.

In the autumn, plant golden garlic...

(White Garlic)

Grown for its spring display of showy, airy flowers, this bulbous perennial from southern Europe and northern Africa is one of the most popular onions for ornamental use.

The grass-like leaves and compact, triangular flower stem arise from a small, white, ovoid bulb. The leaves appear in late fall and wither just as the clusters of starry, sweetly fragrant, snow-white flowers open. Both the leaves and the bulb are edible. Papery tan capsules containing black seeds follow the flowers. Plants may...