Allium - Mount Everest
Allium - Mount EverestThe Allium ‘Mt. Everest’, ‘Allium Hybrid’, a fall planted ornamental onion bulb, will produce creamy white flowers. This tall Allium hybrid produces large 6″ spheres of creamy white flowers - like giant snowballs. The plants are vigorous and the flowers are long-lasting. They are great for ornamental value and widely used for both landscape and cut flower purposes. The blooms are pleasantly fragrant and this plant is an easy and prolific addition to the garden. Plant in groups of ten or more for an eye catching focal point. Alliums prefer to be dry during their dormancy. The Allium Mt. Everest is ideal for mass plantings, borders, and cut flowers. These plants are rabbit, squirrel, and deer resistant. Mt. Everest has a bloom period of about 3 weeks and they bloom in late spring to early summer.
Prairie Mallows - Else HeughThe Prairie Mallows Else Heugh, ‘Sidalcea’, is a 2 to 4 foot-tall perennial that bears showy spikes of 2-inch-wide pink frilled flowers. Great cottage-garden plant that has the look of mini Hollyhocks, but not the dominating height or aggressive self-seeding. Long blooming seasons makes this a favorite in a mixed perennial border. Slender and upright, the prairie mallow is not extravagantly showy, but it’s pretty enough in sunny beds. It has generous blooms, flowering for weeks in midsummer; naturalizes easily. It has average water needs but don’t overwater. They require partial shade. You’ll love the long-flowering plants in your summer garden. This is an old-fashioned flower that everyone loves.
