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Looking at the bulb catalogue that is sitting on my desk as I write, I see that there are no fewer than one hundred and sixty one varieties of allium.These vary from the tall to the short, the deep purple to pale pink. Some have heads the size

.Nectaroscordum grows from a bulb, and is part of the allium (or onion) family. In fact it used to be called Allium bulgaricum until the nomenclaturists stepped in a few years ago. While I'm always smitten by the spherical flowers of most alliums (for example the tennis

thinned apples are much better than unthinned apples.The second area is a bit of border by my kitchen window that, a month ago, was overflowing with Geranium psilostemon, salvias, alliums and Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' (catmint). Sadly their moment is over

are no longer brown, but covered with the tufts of emerging bluebell leaves.In the garden the mulch (about which I wrote the other day) is no longer a quiet brown duvet over everything but is now pierced by alliums, anthriscus, aconites and loads of other plants

in the burrows. Apparently they don’t much like alliums, crown imperials or castor oil plants (Ricinus communis).I also once successfully used electronic sonic repellers (they emit a buzzing sound that drives them away) to keep moles off a cabinet minister

plant - allium. Hopefully nobody asked him too many questions or they would have gone away horticulturally confused!

: an extraordinarily vigorous plant, which never disappoints. It rockets from nothing to about eight feet and then, over the six months, the white blooms turn into pinkish seedheads.Darn it. What about beech trees, yew hedges, alliums, all sorts of clematis, deep red

called Panicum 'Rehbraun', planted with Cosmos 'Dazzler' and the fabulous Tithonia rotundifolia (pictured, top) that are bushy and wonderful, but I completely forgot to plant anything for spring: no tulips, no alliums, no nothing. As a result I had

of plants for each show is often a bit predictable: unsurprisingly as they are always at the same time of year. you know that you will see irises and alliums at Chelsea, roses at Hampton Court and echinacea at Tatton Park. This year it is all up or grabs