Ornamental onion 'Purple Sensation'
Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'
- Size
- 0.9 m tall, 0.2 m across
- Light
- Full sun
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- May to June
- Border planting
- Bees and butterflies
- Goes upwards
- Shape that holds through winter
Safety
- Eaten, it may upset a stomach.
- Severely toxic to dogs. Verdlo leaves it out of a plan for a garden with a dog.
- Severely toxic to cats. Verdlo leaves it out of a plan for a garden with a cat.
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.
What it needs, what it becomes
- Type
- Bulbs
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
- Size when mature
- 0.9 m tall, 0.2 m across
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry, medium
- Soil
- sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- May to June
- For pollinators
- Very good
- Water
- Low water
- Upkeep
- Little
- Growth
- Steady
- In Europe
- Introduced
- Spreading risk
- None known
- If eaten
- People: Can upset a stomach · Dogs: Severely toxic · Cats: Severely toxic
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