Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon is a curious form of garlic with twisting stems that create a cool sculptural effect in the garden.

Allium sativum 'Yugoslavian' is a porcelain type garlic with great flavour fresh or baked. It has excellent storing potential.

Allium stipitatum 'White Giant' is the tallest of the white ornamental onions with huge 6-8 inch wide, pure white spheres.

Allium vineale 'Hair' looks like it was created by Dr Seuss. Or like it stuck its finger in the electrical socket!

Allium 'Ambassador' has fantastic six inch spheres on tall stems like magenta-purple balloons floating above the June garden.

Allium 'Beau Regard' is a gargantuan ornamental onion with lavender-purple spheres up to 8-10 inches across on stems 3-4 feet tall!

The impressive Allium ‘Dutchman’ can produce lavender purple spheres up to 8 inches across on stems 2-3 feet high.

Allium 'Gladiator' has large, fragrant lavender-purple spheres the size of soft balls on 3-4 foot stems.

Allium ‘Globemaster’ is one of the best ornamental onions with sparkling silvery pinkish purple softball to volleyball sized flowers.

Allium 'In Orbit' is an ornamental onion that forms 3 inch wide drumstick spheres of lavender-purple.

Allium 'Medusa forms rounded clusters of light amethyst purple flowers that rise above low mounds of grey-green, twisty foliage.

Allium 'Medusa's Hair' is an ornamental onion with snake-like, green foliage and purple flower spheres.

Allium 'Metallic Shine' makes spectacular, metallic purple blooms 10-12 inches wide composed of hundreds of loose, star shaped flowers.

Allium 'Millenium' forms fantastic two inch spheres on tall stems like rose-purple balloons floating in the summer garden.

Allium 'Mont Blanc' has large, white spheres the size of baseballs on 3-4 foot stems.

Allium 'New York' offers unique half domes of lilac pink florets on stems just over two feet tall.

Allium 'Ostara' is a new hybrid with dramatic leaves that remain green through flowering and large, deep reddish purple spheres on 16 inch stems.

Allium ‘Party Balloons’ offers huge lavender spheres up to eight inches across often with 2-3 spheres per bulb!

Allium 'Pinball Wizard' hails from the same cross as the classic 'Globemaster' producing 6-8 inch wide lavender purple spheres on shorter stems to two feet tall.

Allium 'Powder Puff' offers large lavender-purple heads the size of tennis balls atop short stems to about 20 inches tall.

Allium ‘Purple Rain’ produces semi-open spheres of grape purple, star-like florets on stems 3 feet high.

Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation' is a classic with medium sized, deep rosy purple spheres.

Allium 'Round and Purple' offers some of the largest flower heads in the world of ornamental onions reaching 6 inches or more across.

Allium 'Violet Beauty' is a large ornamental onion with gorgeous, warm purple flower heads 4-6 inches wide on stems 2-3 feet tall.

Ammocharis coranica is a rare amaryllis relative from South African to Kenya with amazing umbels of fragrant pink flowers.