This Ornamental Onion grows well in a variety of levels of light. It can handle drying out just a bit, although it does like a fertile soil that is either on the acidic side or is neutral in pH. Snipping the stems of spent blooms is fine, but they can also be left in place.

This Proven Winners® Ornamental Onion blooms mid- to late-summer, much later than many of the larger spring-blooming Alliums. Flowering in rosy purple, the plant's globe-like flowers appear and stay fresh for long stretches, almost never being nibbled by deer or rabbits. Keep the spent blooms in place on the plant for autumn interest by way of dried seed heads, and you'll have an attractive plant to gaze upon for a good part of the year.

The word "serendipity" means an unexpected occurrence, and what a fitting name for this sport of the popular 'Millenium'! The sport shares all of the qualities that made 'Millenium' great, but with attractive blue foliage. Globe-like, rosy-purple flowers match the parent and are produced profusely in mid to late summer. When crushed, the leaves will emit a smell of onion.

Alliums are charming plants for the rock or herb garden. When the foliage is bruised, it smells like onions since they are in the onion family. Butterflies and honeybees adore the flowers' sweet nectar but deer and rabbits steer clear of this perennial beauty.