azure-flowered garlic
Allium caeruleum azureum
Allium azureum
Allium coerulescens
A bulbous perennial up to 80cm in height, with narrow leaves often withering by flowering time. Stiff stems carry dense, starry, bright blue flowers are borne in compact, rounded clusters in early summer
0.5-1 metres
0-0.1 metre
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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Grow in full sun and fertile well-drained soil. It is best to grow in containers where garden soil is heavy clay and prone to saturation over winter. See allium cultivation
Propagate by seed when just ripe or in spring; or 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
