Allium 'Wight Cristo'

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A highly aromatic, perennial bulb, divided into a number of bulblets, or cloves, with stiff, narrow, greyish-green foliage. This is a soft-necked cultivar, which produces a large number of cloves, rarely flowers and stores well, but may need winter protection in cold areas. It is reliable and easy to grow, producing large bulbs with pink-flushed, white skin

Position

Full sun

Soil Types

Chalk, Loam, Sand

Max Height

0.1-0.5 metres

Max Spread

0.1-0.5 metres

Size

Time to Maturity
1 year
Max Spread
0.1-0.5 metres
Max Height
0.1-0.5 metres

Growing Conditions

Chalk Loam Sand
Moisture
Well–drained
pH
Acid or Alkaline or Neutral

Position

Full sun
Aspect
South–facing or West–facing
Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness

Hardiness Ratings

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

  • H1A: under glass all year (>15C)
  • H1B: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
  • H1C: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
  • H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
  • H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
  • H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
  • H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
  • H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
  • H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)
H4

Colour & Scent

Season Stem Flower Foliage Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Botanical Details

Family
Amaryllidaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Foliage
Deciduous
Habit
Tufted
Genus
Allium are bulbous herbaceous perennials with a strong onion or garlic scent, linear, strap-shaped or cylindrical basal leaves and star-shaped or bell-shaped flowers in an umbel on a leafless stem
Name Status
Unresolved

How to Grow

Cultivation

Buy bulbs for growing - bulbs for eating may carry plant diseases or be unsuited to the UK climate. Grow in well-drained, fertile soil in a sunny position, planting individual cloves in late autumn/early winter, or in early spring. Keep plants well weeded and water in dry spells until the bulbs are well formed. Harvest in summer once the foliage withers. See Garlic (Grow your own)

Propagation

Propagate by separating a mature bulb into individual cloves

Pruning

No pruning required

Pests

Generally pest-free

Diseases

May be susceptible to leek rust and onion white rot