Allium 'Summer Drummer'

A towering presence in the border, award winner Allium 'Summer Drummer' sends up 4-6' stems topped by grapefruit-size globes of purple and white. The long-lasting blooms appear in June and often last into August. These bulbs are fabulous planted among Ornamental Grasses or combined with the thick, blue-green succulent leaves of Sedum ‘Autumn Joy.’

The genus Allium (the Latin means "garlic") offers colorful, distinctive, and long-lasting forms that are standouts in the early summer garden. Alliums are sun-lovers and prefer well-drained, even sandy, soil. Deer, mice, chipmunks, and related predators generally avoid this group, so you can plant with impunity. Tuck them among clumps of summer-flowering perennials where the Alliums' withering foliage will be hidden by the expanding perennials.

For more information on the growing and care of Allium, click Growing Guide.