A charming North American native, Allium drummondii offers delicate beauty and rugged adaptability for the rock garden. This compact, spring- to early summer-blooming species is our own collection from the Texas Hill country near my little sisters home in Dripping Springs, where it was growing on rocky limestone outcrops, and sandy or calcareous soils above the Pedernales River. Its graceful umbels of starry, pale pink to soft lavender flowers rise above narrow, grass-like leaves, providing excellent contrast in a dry border or among crevices.
Exceptionally drought-tolerant and sun-loving, A. drummondii thrives in well-drained soils and resents excessive winter wet, making it ideal for raised rock gardens, troughs, or gravel screes. Hardy to USDA Zone 5, and potentially colder with sharp drainage. Goes fully dormant in summer after flowering, requiring little to no supplemental water once established. A quietly striking species that naturalizes in dry sites and attracts pollinators.
A charming North American native, Allium drummondii offers delicate beauty and rugged adaptability for the rock garden. This compact, spring- to early summer-blooming species is our own collection from the Texas Hill country near my little sisters home in Dripping Springs, where it was growing on rocky limestone outcrops, and sandy or calcareous soils above the Pedernales River. Its graceful umbels of starry, pale pink to soft lavender flowers rise above narrow, grass-like leaves, providing excellent contrast in a dry border or among crevices.
Exceptionally drought-tolerant and sun-loving, A. drummondii thrives in well-drained soils and resents excessive winter wet, making it ideal for raised rock gardens, troughs, or gravel screes. Hardy to USDA Zone 5, and potentially colder with sharp drainage. Goes fully dormant in summer after flowering, requiring little to no supplemental water once established. A quietly striking species that naturalizes in dry sites and attracts pollinators.
