Allium Bulbs - Nigrum

“ALLIUM NIGRUM” BLACK GARLIC

• CATEGORY ALLIUM NIGRUM
• VARIETY “BLACK GARLIC”
• DESCRIPTION WHITE BLOOMS SOMETIMES TINGED PINK WITH BLACK OVARIES
• HEIGHT 60CM
• BLOOMS JUNE/JULY
• SIZE 8/10
• QUANTITY PER UNIT 1, 5, 10, 20, 30 OR 50

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

These Hardy Bulbs Are Becoming More And More Popular In Architecural And Formal Planting Plus The Long Lasting Flowers Are Ideal For Cutting.

“Allium Nigrum” Or Black Garlic Is Grown For Its Flat-Topped Globular Flowers. The Florets Are Creamy-White To Pale-Lilac With Greenish-Black Ovaries In The Centre Of Each Flower, Some Are Blacker Then Others, Which Bloom In The Summer. “Black Garlic” Gets Its Name From The Dark Centres To Its Flowers. Each Umbrel Bears Twenty To Thirty Large, Open, Cup-Shaped Flowers On Deep Purple Stems.

The Flowers Emerge From Long Strappy Grayish-Green Basal Leaves. Alliums Belong To The Onion Family And Thus All Have The Familiar Pungent Fragrance When Their Leaves Or Stems Are Crushed. Black Garlic Is Native To The Mediterranean Where It Grows In Full Sun And Well-Draining Often Sandy Soil.

This Perennial Thrives In Fertile, Well Drained Soil In Full Sun. Plant It In The Autumn And Keep It Well Watered Through The Growing Season. The Strappy Basal Leaves Go Yellow Wither And Die Before Flowering Time. The Bulbs And Crushed Leaves Give Off The Familiar “Onion Smell” Lift And Divide The Bulbs Only If They Become Crowded. Grow “Nigrum” As An Exclamation Point In The Garden. Be Sure To Plant Extra Since The Onion Works Well As Either A Fresh Or Dried Cut Flower. The Bulbs And Crushed Leaves Give Off The Familiar “Onion Smell”

Large Bulbs Plant 20 Cm Deep 20 Cm Apart 25 Per Sq Metre. Small Bulbs Plant 10 Cm Deep 10 Cm Apart 100 Per Sq Metre.