Drumstick allium 'Hair'

Allium sphaerocephalon

How to grow Drumstick allium 'Hair'

  • Full Sun

  • Low

Plant them in the fall when it is cool, but the ground is still workable. Grown by dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to apply water fairly sparingly. Keep in mind when planting that Hair is thought of as hardy, so this plant will survive close to or on freezing temperatures.

Growing Hair from seed

Transplanting Hair

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Hair is a hardy plant.

Harvesting Hair

Hair folklore & trivia

The species is native to southern Europe, northern Africa, & western Asia, but the mutated form ‘Hair’ erupted spontaneously in a wholesale grower’s field-grown stock.1

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