Allium tanguticum Glitterbug® Balloon Bouquet® PP22,115
Blooming Time
Exposure
A chance seedling of `Summer Beauty’ Allium, `Balloon Bouquet’ is a dwarf selection with out-standing floral character. Fully budded by June, its hundreds of balloon-like heads of clear pink flowers burst open in July. A great butterfly attractor, `Balloon Bouquet’ is durable, drought tolerant, and long lived. Its foliage is composed of healthy, shiny blue-green, flattened, straplike leaves. Excellent for edging, accent, and as a small to moderate scale ground cover.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Rose to Pink
Growth Habit:
Clump Forming
Max Height:
12"
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
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Special Characteristics
Features
A chance seedling of `Summer Beauty' Allium, `Balloon Bouquet' is a dwarf selection with out-standing floral character. Fully budded by June, its hundreds of balloon-like heads of clear pink flowers burst open in July. A great butterfly attractor, `Balloon Bouquet' is durable, drought tolerant, and long lived.
Landscape Value
Excellent for edging, accent, and as a small to moderate scale ground cover.
Care
Watering:
Balloon Boquet® Ornamental Chive is very drought tolerant and typically only needs watering during the hottest days of summer.
Fertilizing:
Balloon Boquet® Ornamental Chive is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
Balloon Boquet® Ornamental Chive is a deciduous plant (nonevergreen) and does not require pruning. It is perfectly acceptable to allow the dropped leaves to decompose and nourish the soil.