Fall Flowering Kii Garlic
Allium kiiense
Amaryllidaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Japan
Source of plant
Plant Delights
Description
A fall-flowering, ornamental onion that hails from the Kii peninsula and surrounding Gifu, Aichi, and Yamaguchi prefectures in Southern Japan. Allium kiiense makes a very small, rock garden-sized clump of needle-thin, 6" long, fleshy green leaves. The clumps are topped in late October and November with clusters of small, outfacing, lavender-purple flowers.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5