Allium macleanii
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Bulbous perennial with strappy clear green leaves and erect stems to 1m tall bearing spherical umbels up to 7cm across densely packed with small, purple flowers in early and mid summer
Scientific classification
- Species
- Allium macleanii (Allium macleanii)
- Genus
- Allium
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
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- Toxicity
- Bulbs
- Plant type
- 0.5-1 metres
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
- Clump forming
- Habit
- Spring · Summer
- Season of interest
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of Allium macleanii
Distribution map
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of Allium macleanii
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Allium macleanii care guide
- Moist substrate while foliage grows, dry soil once leaves fade
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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Watering
Moist substrate while foliage grows, dry soil once leaves fade
Fertilizing
FertilizingLight bulb fertilizer biweekly before early spring flower budding
Pruning
PruningNo pruning required, other than to remove old flowered stems and foliage
Propagation
PropagationPropagate by seed when just ripe or in spring; or propagate by offsets which can be carefully detached by lifting the bulb after flowering has finished. See bulb propagation
Growing
GrowingGrow in full sun and fertile well-drained soil. It is best to grow in containers where garden soil is heavy clay and prone to saturation over winter. See allium cultivation
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
May be susceptible to onion white rot, and onion downy mildew
Pests
May be susceptible to allium leaf miner and onion fly
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