Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)

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Common Name:  Nodding Onion

Attracts:  Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbird

Use:  Naturalizing

Light:  Full Sun to Part Sun

Hardiness Zone:  4 to 8   USDA Zone Map

Soils:  Dry to Moist

Flower Time:  June - August

Flower Color:  Pink

Height:  1'-1.5'

Notes:  Allium cernuum, Nodding Onion, produces nodding clusters of downward facing pink umbels and sword-like foliage, a striking addition to a naturalizing garden.  Nodding onion will self-seed, so can removed seed heads if wanting to minimize the spread.  Please note, Alliums are considered toxic for cattle, horse and human children.

Host plant of VT Bee Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN):
Colletes kincaidii (Kincaid's Cellophane bee)
Hoplitis albifrons (White-Fronted Small-Mason bee)

Native to:  NY state and much of the US, except New England.  Biota of North America Program (BONAP) – North American Plant Atlas (NAPA).