"Linda Foulis" <lmf@beautifulblooms.ab.ca> wrote: > I've added an Allium to the Mystery Bulbs page. I've had it for many > years > but have never been able to accurately ID it. It blooms late summer > and > well into September as long as we don't get an early frost. It has > round > black seeds and comes true from seed, maybe because I don't have any > other > allium blooming that late in the year. Strap like bluish foliage, > grows > about 1 foot tall. > Does anyone else grow Allium trifoliatum and can confirm this? > > Thanks > Linda Foulis > Red Deer, AB Linda, your mystery allium is Allium tuberosum. Allium trifoliatum is a late spring blooming species, and it is most definitely not that species. Mark McDonough The Onion Man :-) USDA Zone 5 Massachusetts, USA, near the New Hampshire border