Can you buy alliums already grown or do you have to wait and plant bulbs in Autumn ?

Sorry Sallyc you have to plant the bulb in autumn and wait for it to grow and flower the following year, I have heard of folk buying ready grown in pots and planting out but not discovered and would expect to be expensive. Meanwhile there are lots of other plants you can grown and buy

Yes you can buy them in pots from the garden centre but they are horribly expensive.......its your choice

Hmmmm, well. I have an Alium and I bought it ready potted for £1.99 although I think it was reduced for some reason.

The foilage has already died down, but there are 4 or 5 flowering stems on it, so maybe have a mooch around and you might find one. It's not the healthiest plant I've ever seen but hopefully next year, it'll be a goodun. :o)

Allium leaves naturally die back before the bulb flowers Llew

one of our gc sells them 1 per pot for £1.50. they trim the yellowing leaves just to tart them up abit.
it is certainly cheaper to buy the bulbs in the autumn and start them off in pots.

Oh, yes. I know, Mageth. :o) I was just explaining, lol. Probably doing the grandmother and egg thing though, ha, ha.

It's a pity about the foilage though 'cause boy does it make for an ugly plant. :o(

sorry Llew