Allium 'Medusa's Hair'
Allium 'Medusa's Hair' is an ornamental onion with snake-like, green foliage and purple flower spheres.
Description:
Allium 'Medusa's Hair' has crazy gray-green leaves that twist like a snake and the nodding buds look like snakes rising out of the foliage, hence the cultivar name. This effect gives way when the flowers open into beautiful spherical lavender-purple balls up to 2 inches wide. Ornamental onions provide a flower display unlike most other perennials and are useful for contrasting flower shapes in the garden. This is a clumping, non-bulbous, summer-blooming cultivar. Pollinator magnet. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Common Name: Ornamental Onion
Family: Amaryllidaceae (The Amaryllis Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 12-24"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Soil Moisture: Dry, Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
Award: AGM
Geogrpahical Origin: Miscellaneous - Garden Origin
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