Thursday, June 17, 2010

Nodding Onion


Last year I propagated Nodding Onion from our farm. I am excited to see it getting ready to bloom. This is a plant native to north east Illinois. The latin name is Allium cernuum. Unlike other allium, it has flat leaves. In early spring it is amongst the first plants to appear and it has a blue color to the leaves. The name comes from the nodding habit of the flower.