Allium hollandicum, the Persian onion or Dutch garlic, is a species of flowering plant native to Iran and Kyrgyzstan but widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its umbels of attractive purple flowers. It is reportedly naturalized in Saint Louis County, Minnesota. Allium hollandicum is a bulb-forming perennial with scapes up to 90 cm 35 in tall. It has long, flat, strap-shaped leaves up to 60 cm 24 in long. Umbels are relatively small and spherical, up to 10 cm 3.9 in in diameter, composed of many purple to reddish-purple star-shaped flowers appearing in late spring and early summer. The popular cultivar ââ¬ËPurple Sensationââ¬â¢ has gained the Royal Horticultural Societyââ¬â¢s Award of Garden Merit. It prefers moist, fertile soil in full sun.
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