Allium siculum, Sicilian Honey Lily, is a species that has rock and rolled between Allium and Nectaroscorum for a while now and the latest taxonomic flurry brought it back to Allium as the subgenus Nectaroscorum which it shares with Allium tripedale. It has wonderful exotic-looking waxy flowers which nod like a showy chandelier on drooping pedicels and are a creamy-green colour streaked with antique shades of brown and maroon. The twisted strappy foliage is greyish-green. It flowers May to June with the umbels persisting and turning upright to form a dry shuttlecock-shaped seedhead.
Order | Asparagales |
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Family | Amaryllidaceae |
Sub-Family | Allioideae |
Synonyms | Nectaroscordum siculum, Nothoscordum siculum, Trigonea sicula, Allium bulgaricum, Nectaroscordum siculum ssp. bulgaricum |
Geographical Origin | Mediterranean: France, Corsica; Italy: Sicily, Sardinia; Bulgaria |
Cultivation | Moist yet well-drained soil. Semi shade |
Eventual Height | 120cm |
Eventual Spread | 50cm |
Hardiness | Hardy, bulbous perennial |
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