Allium Forelock

Looking a bit like Tom Hanks’ buddy Wilson in Castaway, Forelock has 2"- to 3"-wide, globe-shaped flowers that grow to 3" around with an unruly tuft of white-tipped, mahogany-red flowers exploding out of the top of their heads. The wiry stems stage a wild dance of spath-tipped curly cues before gradually almost-straightening out and bursting into bloom from the top to the bottom of their floret-clustered orbs. The flowers first appear round, with green buds on the bottom, then turn totally mahogany-red with star-shaped silvery-white stamens. Its next act reveals the emergence of unruly top tufts after which they slowly transform themselves into seed-pod encrusted sentries. Forelock is incredibly long-lasting and strong~perfect for thick clusters among perennial borders. (You may see a hole in the top of the bulb where last season's stem was.) Bulb size: 14 cm/up. June/July. HZ: 4-8. Height: 24" to 36" plus! We are very sorry, but due to state agricultural restrictions, we are not permitted to ship Allium bulbs to Idaho or Oregon, or to the following five counties in the State of Washington: Adams, Benton, Franklin, Grant and Klickitat.

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