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Allium 'Peek-a-Boo'


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Allium 'Peek-a-Boo' provides summer interest with lavender-purple flowers and green strap-like foliage.


Description:
Alliums or ornamental onions offer intriguing spherical to egg-shaped inflorescences comprised of hundreds of tiny florets. 'Peek-a-Boo' is compact in height and spread with a growth habit of 12 inches high by 15 inches wide with lavender-purple spheres on short stalks rising to even with the tips of the foliage. Foliage is narrow, upright, strappy, and grass-like in lovely green shades. Flowers are mildly fragrant. Awesome in containers, the rock or herb garden. Pollinator attractor. Deer and rabbit resistant.


Common Name: Ornamental Onion

Family: Amaryllidaceae (The Amaryllis Family)

Zone Hardiness: 4-9

Light: Full Sun, Part Shade

Height: 8-12"

Width: 12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour: Pink

Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple

Class: Deciduous

Type: Perennial

Bloom Time: Summer

Soil Moisture: Average, Drought Tolerant

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: Yes

Berries:

Benefits: Bees, Butterflies

Deer Resistant: Yes

BC Native: No

Native Habitat:

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Geogrpahical Origin: Miscellaneous - Garden Origin

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