Nodding Onion Full Sun where it naturally graces prairies

where it naturally graces prairies

Skipper and moth caterpillars also feed on the foliage

spreading west to Louisiana and east Texas

Southern Europe

This herbaceous evergreen perennial's shapely form and gracefully arching foliage add delicate texture to garden compositions

Nodding Onion Full Sun where it naturally graces prairiesAllium cernuum Features clumps of flat, narrow, grass like leaves (to 12 tall) and tiny bell shaped, pink to lilac pink (occasionally white) flowers which appear in loose, nodding clusters atop erect, leafless scapes rising slightly above the foliage. Wild nodding onion is distinguished from most other native alliums by the fact that its flower umbels hang downward. Blooms in summer. All parts of this plant have an oniony smell when cut or bruised.