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Allium suworowii

Allium suworowii
Photo: Evgeniy Smirnov, CC BY-SA 4.0

Allium suworowii is a bulbous ornamental onion from Central Asia and Afghanistan, grown for its tall, rounded flower heads in late spring and early summer. It needs a sunny, free-draining spot and dry dormancy after flowering.

Family
Amaryllidaceae (Daffodil & onion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during growth in spring, then keep dry once the foliage dies back in summer.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty soil or sandy loam.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; protect pots from prolonged waterlogging in winter.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. Asia to Afghanistan
Climate
temperate

About

Allium suworowii is a species of onion native to Afghanistan and Central Asia. It is a widely distributed and highly genetically variable species. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.

Other Allium plants

South Idaho onion · Abrams' allium · Allium aciphyllum · Tapertip onion · Allium aeginiense · Allium aflatunense · Allium agrigentinum · Allium alabasicum · Allium albotunicatum · Allium alibile · Altai Onion · Allium altissimum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allium suworowii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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