Connu comme étant toxique - Toxic to cats and dogs if ingested.
Plant Names
Allium cernuum
Nodding Onion
Ail penché
Synonyms
nodding wild onion
Plant Characteristics
Couleur de floraison: Violet
Bloom Period: Jun - Aug
Hauteur max: 1,5 feet
Max Width: 0,6 feet
Light Condition:
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Soil conditions:
Tolère des conditions de sol sec
Tolerates medium soil condition
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Tolère des conditions de sol sec
Tolerates medium soil condition
Lifespan:
Vivace
des plantes qui reviennent année après année
Gardener Experience:
Suitable for beginner gardeners
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Suitable for beginner gardeners
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Landscape Uses:
Suitable for Right of Way gardens
Suitable for rain gardens
Suitable for container garden
Suitable for school gardens
Tolerates boulevard garden conditions
Suitable for Right of Way gardens
Suitable for rain gardens
Suitable for container garden
Suitable for school gardens
Tolerates boulevard garden conditions
Ecological Benefits:
Supports hummingbirds
Butterfly host
Supports hummingbirds
Butterfly host
Tolerates:
Tolerates drought conditions
Tolerates salt conditions
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates limestone conditions
Tolerates juglone conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Tolerates drought conditions
Tolerates salt conditions
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates limestone conditions
Tolerates juglone conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Special Features and Considerations:
Seed and plant distribution status
No seeds available for this plant.
Nous acceptions les semences de cette plante
Faits intéressants
Nodding Onion is a lovely plant that does well at the front of the garden in larger groupings. The grass-like leaves come up first in the spring followed by the flowers in early summer, which are loosely nodding, bell-shaped flowers. The flowers are popular with the bees. The plant produces a strong, onion-like odour when the leaves are crushed or mowed.
Plant Location
Distribution according to VASCAN
Ephemeral
Native
Introduced
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent
Canadensis
Thrives in Ecozones
- Cordillière montagnarde
- Maritime du Pacifique
- Plaines à forêts mixtes
Ecological Benefits
Butterflies Supported by Allium cernuum
-
Euxoa messoria
Reaper dart -
Euxoa tessellata
Tessellate dart -
Melanchra picta
Zebra caterpillar
Specialized Bees Supported by Allium cernuum
No bee data available for this plant.
Complementary Plants
- Coreopsis lanceolata
Lance-leaved Coreopsis
Coréopsis lancéolé - Erigeron strigosus
Rough Fleabane
Vergerette rude - Linum lewisii
Lewis' Wild Blue Flax
Lin de Lewis - Monarda didyma
Scarlet Beebalm
Monarde écarlate - Verbena stricta
Hoary Vervain
Verveine veloutée
Substitute For Non-Native Plants
- Alliums (Non-Native Alliums)
Sowing Information
Download Seed Envelope Labels (PDF)
- Sowing depth: Couvrir très légèrement
- Sow by February
- Stratification duration: 60 days
- Self-seeding
Harvesting and Seed Sharing
- Harvest start month: September
- Harvesting indicator:
- Pods are slightly open and seeds inside are dark
- Harvesting:
- Utiliser la main pour détacher de la tige principale
- Seed viability test:
- Pas de test requis avant le don
- Packaging measure: 1 rounded 1/32 teaspoon
- Seed storage:
- Sécher à l'air dans un sac en papier ou contenant ouvert, pour quelques jours jusqu'à sec
- Secouer de temps à autre pour prévenir la moisissure
- Cultivar: Yes, do not donate unless you know source, and there are no known cultivars in your garden or at proximity
- Harvesting video: Watch here
Toxicity Notes
Toxic to cats and dogs if ingested.