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Daffodil Garlic (Allium neapolitanum): White Umbels for Spring Gardens

Overview

Allium neapolitanum, known as daffodil garlic, Naples onion, or white garlic, produces loose umbels of starry white flowers in spring. It is a Mediterranean species that naturalizes easily in mild climates.

Taxonomy

Family:	Alliaceae
Genus:	Allium (AL-ee-um)
Species:	neapolitanum (nee-uh-pol-ih-TAY-num)
Synonym:	Allium cowanii

Cultivation

Plant bulbs in autumn in well-drained soil; full sun to part shade. Drought tolerant once established.

Bulbs: Elephant Garlic (Allium ampeloprasum): Mild Giant for Roasting and Planting; Sicilian Honey Lily (Allium siculum): Nodding Bells of Cream & Pink; Ornamental Onion 'Hair' (Allium vineale 'Hair'): Whimsical Green Tendrils; Ornamental Onion 'Purple Sensation' (Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'): Perfect Purple Globes; Ramsons (Allium ursinum): Wild Garlic for Shade; Allium schubertii (Tumbleweed Onion); Drummond's Onion (Allium drummondii); Giant Allium (Allium giganteum): Towering Purple Globes; Three-Cornered Garlic (Allium triquetrum): Edible Wild Onion with Triangular Stems; Turkestan Onion (Allium karataviense): Broad Leaves and Pink Globes

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