Party Balloons Ornamental Onion is a clumping herbaceous perennial with wide grass-like green foliage.  Sturdy upright stems sport huge 8" fragrant global clusters densely packed tiny with pink-purple flowers from late spring into summer.  Grows best with light afternoon shade in the South and dry to medium well-drained soils.  When crushed the foliage smells like onion.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Bulb rot will occur in overly moist or poorly drained soils.  Watch for mildew, rust, and leaf spot.  Thrips are occasional problems.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Switchgrass, Russian Sage, Stonecrop

IMAGES: Prides Corner, Allium x 'Party Balloons'

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.