A-LIST ALLIUMS. It’s FIREWORKS time in my garden and those I design.

Allium hollandicum (syn: aflatunense) ‘Purple Sensation’ punctuates our sunny hillside borders. Every year I add another hundred or so. Inexpensive and so rewarding.

Nectoscordum siculum (synonym: Allium bulgaricum). An allium with more relaxed architecture. I love to use this ornamental onion in naturalistic meadow plantings with grasses and sedges.

Allium schubertii, an heirloom ornamental onion circa 1896. Love to plant these as focal points and for whimsy. Larger than life and guaranteed to start a conversation. Even after the flower color fades, the flowerhead architecture persists through the season, well into winter.