How to Plant Allium Bulbs

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HOW TO PLANT ALLIUM BULBS

Watch this video to learn more on How to Plant Allium bulbs. In this video you'll learn:

- About Allium bulbs
- What you need to plant Allium bulbs
- Where to plant allium bulbs
- When to plant Allium bulbs
- Allium bulb Aftercare

ABOUT ALLIUM BULBS

Alliums are nice and round, with a white skin, and should be firm, not soft and mushy. Alliums look a little bit like onions, because they're related to onions. Being related to the onion family, allium bulbs are deer resistant. There are different Allium varieties such as the larger Allium Globemaster, medium sized Allium Mount Everest, and smaller Allium Drumstick. Despite their varied sizes, all of these are mature healthy bulbs and, will all produce nice size flowers.

WHAT YOU NEED TO PLANT ALLIUM BULBS

To get started you'll need a shovel, your choice of Allium bulbs, and a nice loose soil with some organic matter so it's easy to dig and work through it.

WHERE TO PLANT ALLIUM BULBS

You can plant alliums in open borders in full sun or you can plant them in a shaded or partly shaded area, in a cutting border or in containers. Alliums are very versatile and you can plant them virtually anywhere in your garden.

WHEN TO PLANT ALLIUM BULBS

You will want to plant alliums in the Fall, in the month of November or October, but definitely before the ground freezes enabling the bulb to shoot roots and become established before the winter giving them a head start in Spring when they start to grow with the higher temperatures.

HOW TO PLANT ALLIUM BULBS

You will want to plant alliums about six inches deep, as a rule of thumb, and an approximate distance of two to three bulbs in between. The nicest thing to do is plant them in clumps of 3-5 bulbs.

ALLIUM BULB AFTERCARE

After planting your alliums you don't really need to do anything, only water them in if the soil is extremely dry, other than that they're maintenance free.

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