{"id":28946,"date":"2019-06-10T07:39:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T07:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28946"},"modified":"2019-06-10T07:39:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T07:39:15","slug":"alliums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=28946","title":{"rendered":"Alliums"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I have said before, I read an article by Alan Titchmarsh, that said if your leeks go to seed you can leave them as they are quite spectacular. He said to put them at the back of your borders. We decided to leave ours on the veg plot.<\/p>\n

They are incredibly slow to flower and at the moment only two have opened. We were expecting a more spectacular flower head whereas they are like a larger version of wild garlic.<\/p>\n

However as time has gone on we have decided that maybe he meant spectacular in a different way to what we were imagining.\u00a0 Maybe it’s not about the flower head but about the height and the upright stance. The leeks now look like a dramatic, sentinel, row. The amazing thing about them is that although are very tall they are also very stiff and able to stay upright without any support. We are now seeing them in a different light and can see that they would indeed add drama to the back of a border.<\/p>\n

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A dramatic row of leeks that have gone to seed<\/p><\/div>\n

Saturday was a really windy day with sunny spells, cloudy spells and sudden, huge, gusts. The leeks were able to withstand this whereas our prize allium snapped in the wind fairly close to the flower head.<\/p>\n

I snipped it off and put in a single rose vase as it seemed such a shame to lose it when it was at it’s best.<\/p>\n

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Allium in a vase<\/p><\/div>\n

I am now thinking that the leeks and the alliums are both dramatic, just in different ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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