Please could someone help me identify this?

Hi

My granddad passed away recently and his garden was amazing! As a little girl i watched in complete ore of him as he worked in the garden. I was lucky enough to go and take some cuttings from various plants in his garden before the house was sold. Most sadly failed but a few survived.

This pretty purple plant really caught my attention, sadly the cutting I took failed miserably. But I would like to replace it and have it in my garden, just need to know what it is called??

Thanks

 

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Hi Lollyb.

From the colour that looks like Allium christophii. Its would be about 18 inches tall and with a large metalic blue/purple head. The other most common one is Allium hollandicum, but that's usually taller at 3 to 4 feet with a smaller head and more of a purple colour.

As Shiney says, you can't grow them from cuttings but the head produces masses of hard black seeds, and you can grow them from those. But it takes several years from seed for the bulbs to get big enough to flower. I have sowed batches for the last three years, but none have flowered yet. So its probably easier to buy the bulbs.

 

What a beautiful allium. I don't wonder you want to keep a line to your grandfather's garden!