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Allium Siculum | Hanging Bell Flowers, Nectaro Scordum, Sicilian Honey Lily, Sicilian Honey Garlic, Mediterranean Bells

First bloom dates:

2017 April 23

2019 May 1

2022 May 6

2024 April 23

syn. Nectaroscordum siculum

Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family) (Pronounced am-uh-ril-uh-DAY-see-I)

Pronounced AL-ee-um (although I say Al-yum) SIK-ew-lum

Siculum means of Eurasia because it comes from Mediterrian countries.

Nectaroscordum (nek-ta-row-SKOR-dum) means nectar-garlic (Greek “nektar” for nectar and “skordon” for garlic)  because when it is bruised it smells like garlic, or so they say! Apparently it can make you cry like an onion when you cut it.

This plant is a bulb. I have had mine for many years and it has never spread. Since it is an onion-like bulb, critters do not care for it, so it tends to survive.

The droopy blossoms are cream colored with maroon streaks down each petal, with flared tips. The blossoms are on an umbel and are bell-shaped.

The papery-covered buds are odd on top of long stems about 30 to 40 inches high. The foliage gets twisted and falls all over in all directions.

Odd-bell aka oddball describes this plant. I am not super fond of this flower as it is not showy in the garden beds and actually rather makes it look cluttered. However, I do have fun with it in my camera lens and folks seem to always like the photos, so I let it be. In 2024, I moved it as I was redoing my garden beds and it still bloomed, although not as much.

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