Allium - Perennial Pollinator - Established Division - Spring 2027

Spring 2027 preorder. Ships bare-root. Local delivery plants will be potted.

You are receiving a division from an established, flourishing purple allium perennial plant. The original cultivar label was lost years ago, so I cannot guarantee the exact cultivar. Based on its growth habit and flowers, I believe it may be ‘Summer Beauty,’ but I am selling it simply as a perennial purple allium that thrives in our U.P. garden rather than assigning a cultivar I cannot verify.

Plants in this perennial allium group are what the Chicago Botanic Garden calls a butterfly and honeybee magnet and we can back up that claim! 

This plant is reliable and earns its place in the garden through multiple seasons. In spring and early summer, it forms attractive clumps of green foliage. In summer, round purple flower heads draw bees, butterflies and other pollinators. After flowering, we leave the dried stems and seed heads standing through winter, where they add structure to the garden and provide habitat for beneficial insects and food for wildlife. 

These alliums have proven themselves in our own Upper Peninsula garden! And people always comment on how pretty they are. 

You will receive a division from one of our established plants, ready to plant in your garden in Spring 2027.

Why We Grow It

• Excellent pollinator plant. The bees and butterflies here rate it 5 stars.
• Purple globe-shaped flowers add interest
• Blooms after many early-summer perennials have finished
• Returns year after year
• Attractive, tidy, grassy foliage
• Works well in pollinator gardens, cottage gardens, perennial beds, English gardens, French country gardens, and alongside other sun-loving plants
• Grown successfully in our Upper Peninsula garden

What You Receive

Shipped orders: One healthy, rooted bare-root division taken from an established plant.

Local delivery: One rooted division planted in a nursery pot and ready for planting.

The plant you receive will be smaller than the mature plants shown in our garden photos. Depending on planting time and growing conditions, plants may bloom their first season and will develop into larger clumps over time.

Growing Conditions

Light: Full sun is best. Plants grown in less sun may grow and flower more slowly.

Soil: Well-drained soil

Water: Water regularly while establishing; established plants are more tolerant of dry conditions

Growth habit: Clump-forming perennial

Bloom: Summer into late summer

Pollinators: Especially attractive to bees and butterflies

Approximate mature height: up to 20 inches tall

Approximate mature width: up to 24 inches wide

Plant spacing: 24 inches center to center

Hardiness: Proven hardy in our Upper Peninsula garden; exact cultivar hardiness may vary.

Plant with enough room for the clump to expand over time.

From Our Garden

The mature plants pictured are growing here at Pause Lavender Farm in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We particularly like this allium because it begins putting on its show when many earlier flowers are starting to fade, helping extend the season of blooms available to pollinators. Its blooms also overlap with many late-summer and early-fall flowering plants.

It also pairs beautifully with lavender, flowering herbs, black-eyed Susans, and other sun-loving pollinator plants.

The photos on this page show our actual established plants growing at Pause Lavender Farm - not stock photography.

Leave the Seed Heads Standing

We leave the dried flower stalks and seed heads standing through winter. The structure and interest will be a welcome sight during winter months. They also provide food, shelter and overwintering habitat for wildlife and beneficial insects. We cut them back when new spring growth begins.