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Blue Onion: Allium caeruleum

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blue onion flowers

Family: Alliaceae

Above: umbel of flowers, Below: planted with herbs Use: beds, borders, berms, herb gardens
blue onion in herb garden

Plant: bulbous perennial to 2'

Origin: Siberia

Zone
: 4 - 9

Flowers
: 1-2 " globes contain scores of indiviual blue flowers. Bloom lasts for a few weeks

Foliage: grass-like

Culture
: sunny location in average soil. Good addition to herb gardens.



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