Allium 'Millennium'

Common name: ornamental onion

Description: A compact, clump-forming allium with narrow mid-green leaves and rounded pompom heads of star-shaped, rose-pink flowers up to 5cm across, borne on upright stems from mid to late summer.

Other benefits: long, late-season flowering, excellent for cutting, a magnet for bees, good in borders and containers

Wildlife attraction: bees, butterflies

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 0.4m x 0.4m

Position: full sun

Soil pH: neutral to alkaline

Moisture: well-drained

Winter hardiness: fully hardy to below -25°C