Hill View Rare Plants

Allium acuminatum NNS 01-2 A lovely and early summer species for the rock garden. Neat upright leaves and a tight umbel of up to 40 rose-purple flowers on 25-30cm stems. Naturally small bulbs FS/1st $3.00 or 3 for $8.00

Allium aflatunense Dramatic, tall-growing species carrying large spherical clusters of amethystpurple to lilac florets all the way through spring. FS/1st $4.00

Allium bodeanum Close to A. christophii, with its huge sperical umbel of large, starry, violet-purple flowers over broad, falcate, blue-green leaves. Crème de la crème! Limit of one per customer FS/1st $10.00

Allium caesium One of a handful of t rue blue flowering onions. Brilliant blue, large ball heads on tall stems in mid spring.From Turkestan and only offered by us in Australia. Very few FS/1st $8.00

Allium christophi This glorious plant produces huge globes of star-shaped, silver-purple stars that last and last and then make perfect dried flowers. Strap-like grey-green leaves. One of the best hardy and showy species for the garden. FS/1st $5.00

Allium crenulatum NNS 00-26 Delightful American species carrying dense clusters of broad-petalled, light pink flowers with deeper pink mid-veins In late spring. Striking grey-green, sickle-shaped leaves. FS/1st $4.00 or 3 for $10.00

Allium crispum NNS 02-16 Large, dense umbels of deepest pink to maroon flowers with flaring segments, the 3 inner ones with crisped, white edges. FS/1st $4.00 or 3 for $10.00

Allium dichlamydeum NNS 02-17 Brilliantly coloured, bright rose-pink, urn-shaped flowers with wide, overlapping petals on 20cm stems. Very long flowering period through late spring into summer. Rare offering FS/1st $4.00

Allium fimbriatum var. purdyi Up to 50 pale rose to lavender bells with distinctly darker midveins held in dense umbels on 20cm stems with sparse, twisting blue-green leaves. An American species and a great addition to dry gardens. FS/1st $4.00

Allium flavum ssp tauricum An excellent and free-flowering form with neat, dwarf growth and richly coloured flowers in straw-yellow to tan and very rarely white. Thready cool-blue leaves and blooms throughout early summer. FS/1st $4.00 or 3 for $10.00

Allium "Globemaster" One of the best hybrids with a massive spherical umbel of metallic aster-violet flowers on an 80cm long stem. Individual florets keep on replacing themselves producing a very long flowering period. FS/1st $12.00

Allium jesdianum Large globes of long-lasting lilac-purple florets on tall stems. A beautiful and easy species from Afghanistan and Tadjikistan and one of the best new introductions. FS/1st $5.00 or 3 for $12.00

Allium karataviense A very ornamental plant with a large, tight ball of creamy-white to pink florets nestled between two broad, grey-green leaves. FS/1st $5.00

Allium karataviense ssp henriki A superior and utterly spectacular variant from the type species collected by Janis Ruksans in the Karzhantau Range, Uzbekistan. Bright red-purple flowers in HUGE umbels on relatively tall stems over broad blue-grey leaves. FS/1st $15.00

Allium oreophilum "Kugart" We can only offer a few bulbs of this very beautiful species from Kirghizstan. Large dense umbels of magnolia-purple flowers on short stems over curved blue-green leaves. FS/1st $5.00

Allium peninsulare Striking urn-shaped flowers of rich amethyst-violet held in a loose umbel on 25cm stem. A prolific bloomer and a great new introduction to the late spring garden. One my favourites FS/1st $3.00 or 3 for $8.00

Allium nevskianum Very large, round umbels of rich, dusky, pinkish-red flowers on shortish stems between two broad, blue-green leaves. A splendid endemic collected in Tajikistan by Janis Ruksans. FS/1st $10.00

Allium schubertii A rare and striking allium bearing a large, loosely spherical cluster of star-shaped florets in rose-pink as big as a soccer ball! Flower head has upwards to 200 florets, each on its own individual pedicel and these vary in length. The overall effect is like a frozen fireworks display. FS $15.00

Allium siculum (syn. Nectaroscordum siculum) Tall accent plant for the border. Beautiful bell shaped, nodding greenish-white flowers with maroon central stripe along each segment. Up to 30 flowers on stems over 1m. FS/1st $5.00

Allium uniflorum "Chris’ Dwarf" A beautiful dwarf form of this easy, but showy, American onion. It has gorgeous bright, lilac-pink flowers in large umbels on 20 cm stems over a very long period in spring. FS/1st $3.00 or 3 for $10.00