Allium altaicum Bone Head RHS Award of Merit Winners picture an anorexic run over

picture an anorexic run over by a yellow Volkswagen

starting in late August with 42" tall

and a gazillion yellow stamens clustered in the center like a yellow fiber optic lamp

The slowly stoloniferous rhizomes give rise to serrate green basal leaves

Allium altaicum Bone Head RHS Award of Merit Winners picture an anorexic run overThanks to Denver Botanic Garden horticulturist Mike Bone for collecting this amazingly ornamental onion from the Central Asian (Russia, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan) steppes. The 1. 5' tall x 3' wide clumps are composed of widely inflated blue leaves and topped starting in early July with 30" tall stalks, each ending in a 2" ball of white flowers. This is both an attractive and curious attention drawing plant that thrives in a dry, well drained site. Many