This perennial has ovoid bulbs with upright foliage and forms a tangled clump. It has blue green long narrow cylindrical leaves and the bright yellow bell-shaped flowers appear in a terminal cluster above the foliage during summer.

Hardiness zones 5 to 9

Allium flavumis naturally found from Europe to western Asian growing in low mountain regions in well drained fertile moist soils. It prefers an open sunny position with hot dry summers and is frost and drought tolerant.

The Small Yellow Onion is grown for its clumping habit and flowers. It is planted in small or cottage gardens along perennial borders for fragrance and colour. It is suitable to low-mountain regions and establishes from division in one season. This perennial is also be grown in containers and is suitable for rockeries. ID 3197

Allium(AH-lee-um) flavum (FLAH-vum)

Alliaceae(AH-lee- AY-see-ee)
Onion family