Allium

Dark purple tennis balls on naked stems.

More drumsticks. Deep-red flowers which darken at the top. 50cm

Tight drumstick maroon-purple heads. 60cm

Loose umbels, as the botanists say, of pale mauve flowers. Some people find that it spreads around too much, but we never tire of it. Just don't let it near the compost heap.

White form of the above.

Dark stems with drooping pink bells. 40cm

Globes of metallic purple-pink stars that keep their colour for a long time, even when dried.

Tall growing form of chives with rosy-purple flowerheads. 40cm.

Variety of chives with silvery-grey flower heads. 20cm

A real firework of a flower. Pale purple stars on stems of varying length form a ball up to 30cm across.

Low-growing corkscrew leaves that swirl around the short, rigid stems. Soft-pink flowers. 15cm