Bulbs: This year's Allium plants, 4 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
Allium caeruleum has been rocking out for me this year. It's been in bloom for weeks. I grew it this time in little clusters. I got ten from Brent and Becky's bulbs and they are the largest I have ever seen.

These are FADED!

I really encourage you to get christophii. It is astounding. In the third picture, it is with Rose Marie Pavie.

And if you don't deadhead it, the last pic shows what it can do - and then you can give it to friends. I once shipped half a dozen in bud across the country, and when they got there they bloomed.

It sometimes seems to disappear after the first year, and you think it's gone. Then you buy more. Then year three the "missing" ones appear. They are easy to dig up and easy to move even after they have started growing, and you can turn them into "exclamation points" all over your yard.

And no, it will not affect the plant health if you do what you say - the foliage must be spent. And it will keep them from seeding (so you won't get picture #5)!