Kate,

There are so many lovely Alliums. Some of my favorites are what I call the firecracker alliums because they bloom on the 4^th of July and look like little fireworks. These are Allium flavum, Allium carinatum ssp pulchellum and Allium carinatum ssp pulchellum f. album.

I am in northeast Indiana and the rain just keeps coming this year. Weâve had flooding, though my location is reasonably high so Iâm ok. Still I have areas that are too wet to plant. They just start to dry out and another wave of rain hits. Itâs frustrating.

Kitty

Nancy, my first thought was that it is a white form of Allium cernuum, my standard-colored pinkish ones are blooming now.  But there donât seem to be as many flowers as I would have expected.  See:

 

http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/nod_onionx.htm

 

So I looked around for other nodding white varieties.  I found a few like A triquetrum and A paradoxum var normale, but their flowers are more bell-like and they donât have the âexserted stamens, and an ovary with a style.  â as A cernuum does. AND as do the flowers in your photo.

 

So, unless I come across something else or if someone else has something to contribute, it does seem like some version of Allium cernuum.

 

Kitty

 

 

 

From: o*@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Robinson
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 6:21 PM
To: p*@hort.net
Subject: FW: Allium

 

 

 Anyone know this Allium?  It is still here after zero degrees and ice last year.  Thanks, Nancy