May 7, 2009

Yet Another Little Known Fact.

Bossy’s friend Buzz gave Bossy this perennial a few years ago, and every year it produces more and more blooms.

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10 comments

1. 1
   on May 7th, 2009 at 7:39 am
   MariaV said:

   Beutiful! I did okay with vegetables last year, but I’m reluctant to try flowers. I’ve always had a black thumb when it comes to plants and flowers.


2. 2
   on May 7th, 2009 at 8:56 am
   furiousball said:

   great picture, and i need to plant some of these


3. 3
   on May 7th, 2009 at 9:05 am
   janet said:

   Hey! That’s not a little known fact! You told us that before, almost word for word. You owe us one, Bossy, or I want my money back


4. 4
   on May 7th, 2009 at 9:11 am
   Hokie Deb said:

   –>I LOVE perennials. I bought over 1,000 tulip bulbs a few years ago because they were $.10 for a bag of 50. I didn’t realize til later that they didn’t plant themselves but they are beautiful every spring.

   The allium is in the onion family; still a little odd to me.

   http://thaxtonfam.blogspot.com


5. 5
   on May 7th, 2009 at 9:25 am
   heidi said:

   When we moved into our current home a few years ago, I was amazed when this ‘thing’ came out of the ground and produced 3 large purple blooms. On a trip to PA, a local Mennonite woman selling flowers said “sounds like Allium” when I tried to describe them to her. We’re up to 5 blooms this year and the foliage is massive.


6. 6
   on May 7th, 2009 at 10:28 am
   Cyndi B. said:

   Would these work in Zone 5?


7. 7
   on May 7th, 2009 at 10:31 am
   Meg at the Members Lounge said:

   I love alliums! I always plant a batch of blubs every year from the White Flower Farm (great web site and good deals). Lots of go power for the garden, and deer hate them.


8. 8
   on May 7th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
   foolery said:

   In my ignorance I thought they were hops. Now I want a beers.


9. 9
   on May 7th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
   sevedra said:

   Nice flowers. I tend to kill flowers myself, so I usually plant flowering shrubs. Although, I have been known to kill those too. They are hardier than flowers though.


10. 10
    on May 7th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
    Reeb said:

    Oh thank you, dearest Bossy! I not only lurf these things, but this photo takes me back to a moment in my mid-twenties when I had a little hippie-girl garden, and went out one day to see my these-things with the Strangest-Ever slimy not-a-slug-it-was-skinnier-with-a-shovel-shaped-head Thing on them. Photographed it. Wonder where that photo got to — probably a SLIDE in a box somewhere. Nonetheless, what a delight to see it. thanks.