species
Allium paradoxum
few-flowered leek
Photo: Michael Wolf · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Allium paradoxum belongs to the family Amaryllidaceae, also known as few-flowered leek, introduced to the UK. It reaches 50 cm tall and 50 cm across. It grows in part shade, where the ground is acid or neutral and in well drained conditions. It tolerates coastal exposure. It flowers from May to June. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 50 cm tall × 50 cm across
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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