Allium 'Purple King'
Allium rosenorum 'Purple King'
Bulbous perennial producing short-lived, strap-shaped mid-green leaves and large, densely-packed spherical heads of purple, star-shaped flowers on stems to 75cm tall in late spring and early summer
0.5-1 metres
0.1-0.5 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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Grow in full sun and a fertile well-drained soil. It is best to grow in containers where garden soil is heavy clay and prone to saturation over winter. . The foliage is often wilting and turning brown when the flowers appear and the bulbs can be sited so that adjacent plants grow to conceal the leaves as they die back. See allium cultivation
Propagate by offsets which can be carefully detached by lifting the bulb after flowering has finished. See bulb propagation
No pruning required, other than to remove old flowered stems and foliage
May be susceptible to allium leaf miner and onion fly
May be susceptible to onion white rot, and onion downy mildew