Struggling to identify this, please help

Can any experts identify this please:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52290794@N05/5072054765/

 

Looks like some kind of allium

Might even be Chives

 

Yup, looks like Allium. Are they in flower now though? Unusual time of year for Allium to flower I think (although I may just never have seen an Autumn flowering one )

EDIT: Ah ... Flickr says the photo was taken on 4th June 2010 which would be a reasonable time for Allium to flower :thumb:

 

Almost certainly Alliums - perhaps Caeruleum?

Kristen, I have chives blooming now!

 

If the photo was taken in June - It could well be Allium hollandicum - which is perhaps the most common Allium grown (excluding onions). A. hollandicum grows to 3 or 4 feet tall - yours don't look that tall, but its difficult to tell from the photo.

The most common variety (perhaps the only variety - as I don't think I have heard of another) is 'Purple Sensation'. If you Google that the colour is a good purple. Yours look a more dirty blue purple, but this is the colour that self sown seedlings revert to.

 

Hello

Thanks so much. Yes taken in June and as I recall about three foot tall

 

No one has really said about does it smell of onion / garlic ...

Could it be this I'm growing ..

http://www.plantzafrica.com/planttuv/tulbaghviol.htm

Just a thought ...

 

Tulbaghia flowers have inner petals that protrude . I cannot see these in latent's pic.


http://www.tulbaghia.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=25

My vote goes to Allium sp.

 

Are these the flower leaves in the pic - flat, and not round and hollow?

If so, what about a variety of Garlic Chives?
http://www.peppermintfarm.com/chives_garlic_pink.htm

 

Latent said that they were about three feet tall - which limits the field.

 

Looks like Chives to me

Maybe even a dandelion thats been coloured in Photoshop or something :P