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Globemaster: Allium 'Globemaster'

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allium globemaster

Family: Alliaceae

Above: Globemaster flowers, Below: Globemaster budding

Use: perennial beds, borders, berms

Globemaster budding

Plant: bulbous perennial to 24 "

Origin: cross betweeen A. christophii and A. macleanii

Zone
: 4 - 8

Flowers
: spherical umbels up to 8" in diameter packed with scores of flower buds.

Foliage: large, shiny, strap like leaves.

Culture
: sun to part sun in fertile soil. Great with hostas or other low perennials. Decorative seedheads in summer.



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