
ALLIUM CERNUM - WILD NODDING ONION - In Store Pickup
Allium cernuum
Wild Nodding Onion
- Easy to Grow
- Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies
- Excellent nectar source for native bees
- Deer tend to leave this plant alone
- Drought Tolerant
Category:Perennial
Breeder:American Beauties Native Plants
Hardiness Zone:4-8
Height:12-18 in
Spread:12-18 in
Bloom Color:Purple Shades
Foliage Color:Green Shades
Easy to identify by its distinctive, nodding, pastel lilac-pink flowers in late spring, Nodding Onion thrives in challenging sites such as hot sun and gravely soil. It is strikingly beautiful and is well-suited a formal or wild garden, as well as a natural meadow. Easy, dependable and very drought tolerant once established.
Attributes
• Border or Bed
• Container
• Fragrant
• Native
• Naturalizing
• Rock Garden
• Summer Bloomer
Foliage Color
• Green
Maintenance and Care
• Drought Tolerant
• Low Maintenance
• Mass Planting
Attracts Wildlife
• Attracts Butterflies
• Attracts Hummingbirds
• Attracts Songbirds
Critter Resistance
• Deer Resistant
Flower Color
• Pink
• Purple
Programs
• American Beauties Native Plants®
Season of Interest (Flowering)
• Summer Bloomer
Exposure
• Full Sun
• Partial Sun
Habit
• Upright
Soil Moisture
• Dry Soil
• Average Water
• Moist, Well-Drained
Growing & Maintenance Tips for Allium cernuum
Full sun in moist, average or dry soil. Very easy to grow and drought tolerant once established. Will tolerate light shade, but will give best show in full sun.Allium cernuum forms slowly expanding clumps and can be divided easily at any time. Deadhead flowers before seed sets to help control any unwanted spread. Foliage persists past flowering into late summer before dying back.