Allium Star of Persia

Allium Blue Globe

Blue / Focal

This is the blue globe allium form most growers will encounter in bulb catalogues. It is beautiful, small, and very blue, but it must be treated as a niche specialty stem with trial data behind it rather than a guaranteed florist staple.

Allium Gladiator

Purple / Focal

Allium 'Gladiator' is one of the classic giant purple alliums for farms that want bold spring stems with immediate florist appeal. It produces tall, straight scapes topped with large lilac-purple globes and is best planned as a premium one-stem-per-bulb crop. The crop is relatively simple in the field, but profitability depends on buying good bulb grades, planting in sharply drained soil, harvesting in a narrow window, and selling into markets that value large sculptural stems.

Allium Glaucum

Pink / Focal

Allium senescens ‘Glaucum’ is a compact, blue-green, corkscrew-foliaged perennial allium for growers who want a distinctive small botanical crop rather than a tall production allium. Its lilac-pink umbels are useful for bud vases, local bouquets, herb-garden designs, pollinator plantings, and dried detail work, but its short stems mean it should be trialed carefully before it receives serious cut-flower bed space.

Allium Globemaster

Purple / Focal

Allium ‘Globemaster’ is a premium giant ornamental allium grown from large fall-planted bulbs for huge lavender-purple spherical heads. It is one of the most florist-friendly statement alliums because a single stem can create scale, structure, and luxury in spring arrangements. The crop is simple once planted, but success depends on excellent drainage, correct bulb sourcing, winter chilling, careful harvest timing, and a market that will pay for large architectural stems.

Allium Mars

Purple / Focal

Allium ‘Mars’ is the named dark-purple tall globe allium to use when a grower wants a more dramatic purple architectural stem than the smaller common alliums. It should be bought as quality bulbs, planted in autumn, harvested in late spring, and sold to customers who pay for form and seasonality.

Allium Mt. Everest

White / Focal

Allium ‘Mt. Everest’ is a premium white globe allium grown from autumn-planted bulbs for tall, clean, sculptural stems in late spring to early summer. It offers a crisp white alternative to purple alliums and has excellent value for wedding and event floristry, especially in white-and-green palettes. The crop should be planned conservatively as one saleable stem per flowering bulb, with extra allowance for blind bulbs, short stems, and blemished white heads. It is best trialled first in warm-winter or humid regions, because bulb chill, drainage, and post-flowering dormancy strongly affect performance.

Allium Purple Sensation

Purple / Focal

Allium 'Purple Sensation' is a classic named ornamental allium for cut-flower growers who want a spring stem with strong purple color, excellent round form, and broad florist appeal. It is planted as a bulb in autumn, flowers in late spring to early summer, and provides one premium stem per flowering bulb.

Allium Tumbleweed allium

Pink / Focal

The straight-species trade form is the practical version most growers will buy. It should be trialed as a premium novelty allium with strong dried value, not as a commodity stem crop.

Allium Vineale

Green / Focal

Allium vineale is a hardy perennial wild allium with hollow garlic-scented leaves and small terminal heads of green to reddish-purple bulbils, sometimes mixed with tiny white, pink, or greenish flowers. It can provide unusual botanical texture for local florists and dried work, but it is not a polished commercial cut flower and must be managed carefully because it can spread by bulbils, bulblets, and soil movement.