They grow from bulbs. They produce cysteine sulphoxide which is the source of a distinctive garlic or onion taste.
I love the little stars in the sphere which remind me of the stars in the sedum
which blooms in the fall.
In Praise of Allium
No one celebrates the allium. The way each purposeful stem ends in a globe, a domed umbel, makes people think, 'Drumsticks,' and that's that. Besides, it's related to the onion. Is that any reason for disregard? The flowers – look – are bouquets of miniature florets, each with six elfin pointed petals and some narrower ones my eyes aren't sharp enough to count, and three stamens about the size of a long eyelash. Every root sends up a sheaf of sturdy ridged stems, bounty to fill your embrace. The bees care for the allium, if you don't – hear them now, doing their research, humming the arias of a honey opera, Allium it's called, gold fur voluptuously brushing that dreamy mauve.
Denise Levertov
No one celebrates the allium. The way each purposeful stem ends in a globe, a domed umbel, makes people think, 'Drumsticks,' and that's that. Besides, it's related to the onion. Is that any reason for disregard? The flowers – look – are bouquets of miniature florets, each with six elfin pointed petals and some narrower ones my eyes aren't sharp enough to count, and three stamens about the size of a long eyelash. Every root sends up a sheaf of sturdy ridged stems, bounty to fill your embrace. The bees care for the allium, if you don't – hear them now, doing their research, humming the arias of a honey opera, Allium it's called, gold fur voluptuously brushing that dreamy mauve.
Denise Levertov
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