Allium ’Summer Beauty’ or Summer Beauty Onion
Allium ‘Summer Beauty’ is a beautiful, easy to grow perennial that adapts to many site conditions. They are heat and drought tolerant and basically pest free. What more could you ask for? They prefer full sun conditions but can tolerate a bit of shade.
The overall form and texture of this perennial brings an interesting twist to the garden. The plant grows about 12-18” high x 18-24” wide. The flower is a pink-purple globe that is about 1 ½ inches in diameter and blooms in July and August. The bright green, mounded foliage is strap-like, similar in texture to a course grass. It maintains a neat and tidy appearance well into fall.
It combines well with Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta, Sporobolus heterolepis, Stachys ‘Hummelo’, Amsonia tabernaemontana. An added bonus to this plant is that it attracts butterflies but keeps deer and rabbits away.
To include this plant in your next landscape design, give us a call at 815.459.7926.
