![]() ![]() ![]() Plant Addicts guarantees your plant(s) will arrive happy and healthy, but the plant(s) are being shipped through the mail and accidents happen. Plant Addict Guarantee (Included On All Plant Orders) Uses: Borders, Containers, Mass Planting, Specimen or Focal Pointįeatures: Attracts Pollinators, Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Low Maintenance Seasonal Interest: Spring Flowering, Summer Flowering Light Exposure: Partial Sun to Full Sun (At Least 6 Hours of Direct Sunlight)įlower Description: Spring Through Summer Pinball Wizard Allium Information USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 - 9 Space plants 8 to 10 inches apart to create a stunning mass of flowers. The Pinball Wizard Allium is a clump-forming, upright plant that will reach 24 to 30 inches tall and 6 to 12 inches wide. Bulbs may be pushed to the surface when the plant is crowded, so you’ll know it is time to divide the plant. Propagate Pinball Wizard Allium through division during the late fall or early spring. Apply fertilizer in the fall and spring for continued growth. Water your allium during a dry period to help the plant continue to grow. The soil should have medium moisture and be well drained. This plant can live in low-quality soil but responds well to rich soil. The Pinball Wizard Allium requires at least 6 hours of direct sunlight to thrive. The Pinball Wizard Allium grows as a perennial in zones 4 through 9. Established plants are easy to maintain and drought tolerant. Foraging animals like deer and rabbits generally leave alliums alone. The globe-shaped flower clusters attract pollinators, like butterflies. Trim the tall stems to display the flowers in arrangements. Plant this allium in beds, borders, or mass plantings for a meadow-like look. The Pinball Wizard Allium starts to bloom in the spring, and the flowers last into the summer. The flowers stand above narrow, strap-like foliage. The flowers have a lavender hue and are perched on top of single, thin stems with a medium green color. All species can be used in the border.The tiny, star-shaped flowers of the Pinball Wizard Allium bloom in sphere-shaped clusters. Certain small species are just perfect for a rock garden, and several lend themselves to naturalizing. Many species bloom in early summer - just after the spring-flowering period and just before the exuberant full bloom of summer. The ornamental onions distinguish themselves by their remarkable diversity in color, inflorescence, and flowering height. Hundreds of Allium species exist, but only a few have made a name for themselves as garden plants. Keep an eye out for onion white rot and downy mildew. Mixes beautifully with other late spring flowering bulbs and creates stunning combinations with pink or white delphiniums, peonies, or irises.Excellent as cut flowers for both fresh and dried arrangements! ![]() Plant in groups (at least 10 to 15 bulbs) for the best visual impact. Stunning in beds and borders, city gardens, and cottage gardens.Known for attracting bees, butterflies, moths, and other pollinators, but deer ignore it.Add grit when planting in clay soils to improve drainage. Easily grown in fertile, dry to medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun.tall (60-75 cm), this beauty naturalizes easily and will come back year after year! This spectacular Allium enjoys long-lasting blooms, and its seed heads are ornamental, persisting for weeks after the flower has passed. Rich in nectar, the flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects. Blooming in late spring and early summer, they are borne atop straight, sturdy stems above the attractive foliage clump of strap-shaped gray-green leaves. across (20 cm), densely packed with dozens of small star-shaped deep purple flowers. Shorter than the highly popular Allium 'Globemaster', Allium 'Pinball Wizard' is a striking, bulbous perennial boasting huge rounded clusters, 8 in. ![]()
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