Allium aflatunense ‘Gladiator’

Family: Araceae
Popular name: Ornamental Garlic

Flower colour: purple and pink

Flowering period: May – June

Average plant height: 140 cm

Planting depth to base of bulb: 20 cm

Spacing between bulbs: 30 cm

Type of bulb: bulb

Light requirements: full sun

Landscape uses: beds, perennial gardens, borders and naturalising

This species is especially valued as a cut flower but also has very good properties as a garden plant. It is a cross between A. aflatunense and A. macleanii. Its basal leaves have a grey-green colour.