Sacha wrote:

Yes, I would think that the bulb farmers do that , rather as some
people take flowers off Hostas to promote leaf size. But as you say,
doing that to garden grown Alliums seems to defeat the purpose! I
would think ours flowered at full size for at least 4 years, diminished
a bit in the 5th and were really small this year, compared to what they
should be. We had planted them in containers, so in fact, their flower
head size was in perfect proportion for that. But taken overall, I
think that's not a bad investment!

Which reminds me to make sure to order this month's Gardeners'
World "free" Alliums.

Chris
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Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


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