Turkestan Onion

Allium karataviense

Plant Details:

Plant Type: Perennial
Plant Family: Liliaceae
Plant Description: Low-growing ornamental onion with broad, deeply veined, gray green strap-like leaves. There are often attractive smears and streaks of purple along the foliage. Globe-shaped clusters of pink flowers bloom in spring.

Maintenance:

Maintenance Type: Bulb
Plant Care: Bulb (ornamental bulbous plants, typically spring-blooming and otherwise dormant): Remove spent blooms once they begin to fade. Cut back leaves to the ground once they begin to die back.

Plant Attributes:

Mature Size: 4-10" tall and wide
Utah Native: No
Plant Select: No
Pollinator Friendly: Yes
Localscapes: Infill Plant, Park Strip Plant
Foliage Interest: No
Foliage Colors: Gray-green
Bloom Colors: Pink
Bloom Seasons: Late Spring
Bloom Period: May - Jun

Growing Conditions:

Hardiness Zone: 4 to 8
Light Requirement: Full Sun (6+ hrs sun)
Irrigation Requirement:     Low (1/2" every 10-14 days)
Salt Tolerant: Unknown
Deer Resistant: Unknown

Garden Location:

  • Planting Path
    • Nursery Shopping
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Winter