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Each flower head is made up of individual metallic pink stars with green centers. (These ornamental alliums are members of the onion family; they have an onion-like odor when leaves are broken or the bulbs are scratched.) Star-of-Persia flowers are even attractive when dry. The leaves become untidy, so the Plant bulbs outs look better when placed behind other Plant bulbs outs. Plant bulbs out three times the depth of the bulb. The bulbs may be left alone for years; just work in some good garden compost early in the spring. Allium kamtaviense, 8 by 8 inches, Zone 4, has no common name. Beautiful straplike leaves enfold burgeoning balls of starry flowers of a greenish white. These bulbs will also do very well when forced in a pot indoors for late winter flowering. Plant bulbs out as for A. Christophii.

Bulbs can be used on their own for a spectacular seasonal display or they can be interspersed with other Plant bulbs outs, so creating a splash of temporary color before the other Plant bulbs outs come into their own. For a spectacular display of flowers, Plant bulbs out your bulbs in two layers, one on top of the other.

THESE CONTAINERS vary widely in shape and size and the types of Plant bulbs out that suit them. Large Tubs are ideal for shrubs as well as summer-flowering bedding Plant bulbs outs and spring-flowering bulbs. Urns are smaller and hold less compost. They are usually more decorative in character and so are perhaps best devoted to summer-flowering Plant bulbs outs and displays of bulbs in spring.