Seed question...

[badgerpup]

:hi:

I've got several kinds of bulbs that flowered and I allowed them to just follow nature's course, since I'm encouraging 'naturalization'.
Several of them are alliums with the globe-type floral heads...and they have produced a plethora of little black seeds.

I know the usual way of propagating bulbs is to divide them every so now and then...but I'm not in a hurry.
If I plant these seeds, will they eventually grow?

Thanks!

[WheelWalker]

1. They should, although

hybrid varieties may not yield viable seeds or develop into adult plants with the characteristics of the hybrid. Here are a couple of links for reference...

http://www.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=316

http://www.ehow.com/how_5104046_plant-allium-seeds.html

[badgerpup]

2. Thank you!

:pals::yourock:

Don't think the various types hybridized, since their bloom times were separated, but it'll be interesting to see what comes up.

I have something called 'ornamental onions' (Got them at Costco, and honestly, that's what the package said! :shrug:)...white globes that bloom in spring, on short (less than a foot) stalks.
There's also allium nigrum (white, sort of umbrella-shaped umbrels), some purple globes (name of which I cannot recall at the moment :blush:) and drumstick alliums.

The last three bloom consecutively (in my yard at least!) during the early summer.

I do like them...