Allium schoenoprasum 'Rising Star'
Allium schoenoprasum 'Rising Star' is an ornamental and edible garden chive with lavender-pink flowers and grey-green foliage.
Description:
Allium schoenoprasum 'Rising Star' is a garden chive that is not only edible but ornamentally beautiful. With a shorter height of up to 12 inches, grey-green, upright, and finely textured foliage, and 1 inch round clusters of lavender-pink flowers, it performs fantastically all season long whether in a container, herb or ornamental garden. Pair with late season bulbs and other early blooming perennials. A pollinator magnet!
Common Name: Garden Chives
Family: Amaryllidaceae (The Amaryllis Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-8
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 8-12"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour:
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Spring - Summer
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Rocky areas, seashores, hilly meadows.
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Southwest Asia and Asia Minor
Asia and the Pacific - North Central and Eastern Asia
Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia
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