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Summer Beauty Allium Flowers

Favorite Allium Flower for Butterflies and More

Allium tanguticum: Allium ‘summer beauty’, Summer beauty allium 

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Summer beauty allium is a pollinator haven during the prime time of butterfly season. Its showy, pink blooms attract butterflies and bees, while repelling those annoying aphids!

Plant Specs:

  • Perennial: USDA hardiness zones 4-9 (lows -34.4 °C or -30 °F)
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Average water needs
  • Height 18 to 24 inches
  • Spacing: 2 ft
  • Flowers: pink to lavender
  • Blooms mid to late summer

Summer beauty allium flowers have a long summer bloom period and are a showy addition to the butterfly garden with their pinkish lavender blooms.

Plant Propagation:

  • Divide bulbs in fall or spring
  • Flowers are sterile and don’t produce viable seed

Pros:

Summer beauty allium is a top summer nectar source for many pollinators, including skipper butterflies. See if this ornamental allium is a good fit for your garden...
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  • Pink pom-pom flowers create a showy garden display
  • One plant produces many flowers
  • Sterile flowers make this species a non-invasive variety
  • Butterfly and pollinator favorite
  • Rabbits and rodents don’t touch it
  • Care free plant
  • Allium is said to either confuse or repel aphids with its scent- we haven’t had an aphid infestation for a few years and this could be part of the reason. Allium Aphid Research

Allium angulosum is an ornamental onion that is a top choice for attracting butterflies and pollinators to your garden. The pinkish globe-shaped flowers have a long summer bloom period and the leaves are pretty too...almost reminiscent of an underwater sea anemone.

Cons:

  • If you run over the foliage with your lawn mower you’ll definitely smell it…but so will the aphids!
  • Overly dry soil can cause leaves to brown prematurely.
  • No other issues I’ve experienced or heard about. I highly recommend this allium for butterfly gardens.

Summer Beauty Growing Tips:

  • Fall division suggested: gives roots time to acclimate before winter and you know where everything is growing.
  • Mix with the all-white Allium tuberosum (garlic chives)ir?t=monabuttgard 20&l=ur2&o=1 summer beauty allium. Tuberosum is another popular pollinator flower that you can eat too. Monarchs are tuberosum pollinators.
  • Don’t Cut- the flower heads after they dry up. They hold shape for visual interest over winter.

Honey bees savor the sweet taste of summer beauty allium. Learn more about this less common allium variety and see if it's a good fit for your pollinator garden?

Pollinator Plus:

This allium variety is popular with bumble bees, red admirals, honey bees, tiger swallowtails, and more.

Please comment below if you know of other pollinators that frequently visit Allium angulosum and help a gardener out!

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