It's got a tulip type base and leaves, a very tall stem and a ball of tiny
purple flowers on top. Any clues?

http://hometown.aol.com/thalocean2/index.html

Thanks,
Laura B.

It's got a tulip type base and leaves, a very tall stem and a ball of tiny
purple flowers on top. Any clues?

http://hometown.aol.com/thalocean2/index.html

Thanks,
Laura B.


Woo Hoo! I think I can get one!!!

It's a Globe Allium (Allium Globemaster).

And if I'm wrong, don't ruin my delusion! LOLOL Actually, please do because
my head is expanding so I cant fit thru the door and I need to get to work.


Just my 2 cents.........
Christine

It's got a tulip type base and leaves, a very tall stem and a ball of tiny
purple flowers on top. Any clues?


Allium. A member of the onion family. See:
http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopE....htm#Flowering
alliums diverse, lovely
sed5555

The onion-like odor of the cut foliage should be a dead giveaway that its an
Allium.

Its Allium aflatunense

There are dozens of pictures of it on-line.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=e...ff&q=allium+af
latunense&btnG=Google+Search



Thalocean2 wrote in message
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It's got a tulip type base and leaves, a very tall stem and a ball of tiny
purple flowers on top. Any clues?

http://hometown.aol.com/thalocean2/index.html

Thanks,
Laura B.

(Thalocean2) wrote:

It's got a tulip type base and leaves, a very tall stem and a ball of tiny
purple flowers on top. Any clues?

http://hometown.aol.com/thalocean2/index.html

I agree it is an ornamental allium. However, there is a very similar
plant that is grown in gardens: Agapanthus or "Lily of the Nile" from
South Africa. I saw these in gardens all over in Australia and kept
mistaking them for allium. They were either blue or white. For more see:
http://www.emilycompost.com/agapanthus.htm

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Thanks everyone for your suggestions. After looking at the pictures I agree it
could be either the allium or agapanthus. I'd need to see both plants close up
to make a call. Stephen, does the agapanthus also grow from a bulb? I suppose
I could go looking for a bulb if it doesn't and that would make for a good ID.

Either way, these guys are beautiful. I don't know where they came from.
Either blown in seed or some squirrel burying bulbs?

Thanks everyone,
Laura B.

I agree it is an ornamental allium. However, there is a very similar
plant that is grown in gardens: Agapanthus or "Lily of the Nile" from
South Africa.

Aren't you paying attention, dude?

Its still Allium aflatunense.

Definitely NOT an Agapanthus. They are not similar.

Agapannthus have zygomorphic flowers, do not have bulbs and do no have an
onion-like odor.



Thalocean2 wrote in message
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Thanks everyone for your suggestions. After looking at the pictures I
agree it
could be either the allium or agapanthus. I'd need to see both plants
close up
to make a call. Stephen, does the agapanthus also grow from a bulb? I
suppose
I could go looking for a bulb if it doesn't and that would make for a good
ID.

Either way, these guys are beautiful. I don't know where they came from.
Either blown in seed or some squirrel burying bulbs?

Thanks everyone,
Laura B.

I agree it is an ornamental allium. However, there is a very similar
plant that is grown in gardens: Agapanthus or "Lily of the Nile" from
South Africa.