Allium 'Millenium'
Onion-OrnamentalThis award winning, top-selling perennial Allium gets better with age as its clump of shiny, deep green, aromatic foliage increases in girth each year. It has great retail appeal too, looking great in pots and bearing showy 2" round, amethyst purple flowers which attract pollinators. Breeder: Mark McDonough
Plant Details
- Zone: 4 - 9
- Height: 18-22"
- Spread: 8-12"
- Exposure: Full Sun, Part Shade
- Soil Moisture: Low Water Needs, Moderate Water Needs
- Drought tolerant: Yes, Once Established
- Bloom time: Late Summer, Midsummer
- Foliage Color: Green Shades
- Flower Color: Purple Shades
- Fragrant: Yes
- Good Cut Flower: Yes
- Native: Not native to North America
- Deer resistant: Yes
- Rabbit resistant: Yes
- Bee-friendly: Yes
- Attracts butterflies: Yes
- Attracts hummingbirds: No
- Groundcover: No
- Roy Diblik Favorite: No
Plant Details
- Zone: 4 - 9
- Height: 18-22"
- Spread: 8-12"
- Exposure: Full Sun, Part Shade
- Soil Moisture: Low Water Needs, Moderate Water Needs
- Drought tolerant: Yes, Once Established
- Bloom time: Late Summer, Midsummer
- Foliage Color: Green Shades
- Flower Color: Purple Shades
- Fragrant: Yes
- Good Cut Flower: Yes
- Native: Not native to North America
- Bee-friendly: Yes
- Deer resistant: Yes
- Rabbit resistant: Yes
- Attracts butterflies: Yes
- Attracts hummingbirds: No
- Groundcover: No
- Roy Diblik Favorite: No
Grower Information
Allium is easy to produce without worry of diseases and pests. They require medium-low moisture and average fertility in production, and overwinter easily in cold frames or outdoors. To achieve flowering plants for early spring sales, pot up early blooming chive-types the fall prior. Others can be potted in early spring for bud and bloom sales in summer.
- PowerPlug Size(s): 32s
- Optimal Planting Time: Late Summer-Fall
- Retail Sales Window: Spring, Summer
- Moisture in Production: Average, Low
- Requires Shade in Production: No
- Vernalization Required for Bloom: No
- Vernalization Beneficial: Yes