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Allium 'White Cloud' [2]
Herbs - Culinary Bulbs
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- Time to Maturity
- No preference
Botanical Details
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Native to GB/Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Clump forming
- 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
- Accepted
How to Grow
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- Cottage and informal garden
- Gravel garden
- Flower borders and beds
Pruning
Not required
Pests
May be susceptible to onion fly, leek moth and narcissus eelworm
Diseases
May be susceptible to onion white rot, onion downy mildew, leek rust and onion neck rot. Bolting, producing flowers, may be a problem