Allium hollandicum
Species of flowering plant
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Allium hollandicum is a bulb-forming perennial with scapes up to 90 cm (35 in) tall. It has long, flat, strap-shaped leaves up to 60 cm (24 in) long. Umbels are relatively small and spherical, up to 10 cm (3.9 in) in diameter, composed of many purple to reddish-purple star-shaped flowers appearing in late spring and early summer.
The popular cultivar 'Purple Sensation' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It prefers moist, fertile soil in full sun.
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