Allium Schubertii

If a firework could be frozen at the moment of its most spectacular burst and turned into a flower, it would look something like Schubertii. Its enormous deep violet head — which can span forty centimetres or more — radiates outward on stems of varying lengths, creating a sphere of extraordinary complexity. Loved by bees and butterflies, structurally interesting from bud to dried seedhead, and easy to grow in almost any well-drained soil — Schubertii is one of those garden plants that earns its keep in every possible direction. Dutch-grown and hand-selected from BLOM's growers for the firm, full bulbs that produce the most generous flower globes — the kind of allium that photographs beautifully and looks even better in person.