Scientific Name: Allium 'Millenium'
Common Name: Millenium hybrid onion
Family Name: Amaryllidaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Perennial border, Rock garden, Urban agriculture, Woodland margin
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire
Flowers: Umbel, Purple, May-Jun-Jul
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Clump forming ornamental onion 15-30cm tall; leaves basal, linear, 7-11mm wide; florets clustered in a dense umbel ~5cm round, purple, peduncles 40-50cm tall.