Alliums in the botanical gardens in Gothenburg, Sweden on a visit on 16th June 2014. The first batch are from the under cover bulb garden, where watering regimes can be controlled. Not many species were flowering. This is one of the best bulb collections in the world with some 1,600 species!!
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The first batch are from the under cover bulb garden, where watering regimes can be controlled. This is one of the best collections in the world with some 1,600 species!!
Allium sp. : this yellow Allium had seeded around quite a bit…
Allium sp..
This one’s a mouthful: Allium macleanii x jesdianum subsp angustipetalum
Allium karataviense
Allium parvum
Allium akaka
Allium tschimganicum
Allium barsczewskii f. rosea
Allium nigrum
Allium candolleanum
Allium acuminatum
Allium caesium
Allium colchicifolium
Allium scilloides
The next batch were all growing in the open garden… This was labelled Allium nanodes from NW China. However, Mark McDonough has commented “Not nanodes which is vey dwarf, maybe a form of ovalifolium or prattii)
Allium unifolium (I think) had gone wild in a few beds…
Allium unifolium (I think) had gone wild in a few beds…
Allium scorodoprasum
Allium scorodoprasum
Allium “Globemaster”
Crambe maritima, Crambe cordifolia and Allium Globemaster
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