I love this plant! Why? It's has fabulous foliage (color & form) that greens up early. You can take it anywhere because it's so well-behaved (i.e. sterile so it doesn't seed about wantonly). The shape of the bloom floats gracefully above a contrasting leaf form and that pink holds its own surprising well. Plus it seems to have a sense of humor and not take itself so seriously.
Above see it at my mom's Indiana garden; below it holds court at a client's ranch near O'Hare. Both stands of ornamental onions were planted a year ago....well, the rest of my mom's garden is established. And in the country which brings up another of allium's virtues: deer resistance.
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