Mount Everest Ornamental Onion is a clumping herbaceous perennial with wide, deep green grass-like foliage. Sturdy upright stems sport large fragrant global clusters of glistening white flowers at the ends from late spring into early summer. Grows best with light afternoon shade in the South and dry to medium well-drained soils. When crushed the foliage smells like onion. Type: Perennial Height: 2' - 3' Spread: 1.5' - 2' Spacing: 2' USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8 Culture: Full Sun, Part Sun Bloom Color: White Season of Interest: Summer MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Bulb rot will occur in overly moist or poorly drained soils. Watch for mildew, rust, and leaf spot. Thrips are occasional problems. LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers. COMPANION PLANTS: Switchgrass, Russian Sage, Stonecrop IMAGES: Patrick Standish, Mount Everest Allium, (2) Almbacken Trädgårdsdesign, Allium ’Mount Everest’ bland blodormrot. (3) Flowerbulbsrus.com, Look what is blooming 𝓐𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓾𝓶 𝓜𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽 𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓽 *As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
