Allium In The Company of Many
by Barbara McMahon
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Allium In The Company of Many
Artist
Barbara McMahon
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
At the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, this tall and strong Allium stands along side others as well as flowering shrubs in the background.
Allium giganteum, commonly called giant onion, is perhaps the tallest of the ornamental onions. It is a bulbous perennial (large bulbs to 2-3” diameter) which produces a basal rosette of grayish-green, strap-shaped leaves (to 18” long). From the center of each basal rosette rises a thick, naked, 3-4’ tall scape (stem) which is topped in late spring by a dense, globular, softball-sized, 5-6” diameter cluster (umbel) of tiny, star-shaped lilac-purple florets. Leaves and scapes smell like onions when bruised, but plant is not used for culinary purposes. Leaves begin to die back as plants begin flowering.
Genus name comes from the classical Latin name for garlic.
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June 29th, 2021
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Comments (7)
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing photograph is Featured, in the RED MAPLE GALLERY, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
Barbara McMahon replied:
Thank you Maria for the feature in the RED MAPLE GALLERY! Much appreciated.
Randy Rosenberger
It is with great pleasure that I announce to you a big congratulations for this chosen piece of your artwork to be on special display on the homepage of our community of friends and fine artists, in our Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. I appreciate your activity in our group and want to thank you so much for being an active participant in helping promote other fine artists within the group. Usually in turn, such promotions bring promotions of your artwork into perspective and are featured on our homepage. One good turn deserves another. Your quality, definition, character, and variation in your works bring about a visual pleasure to view and share with others. Thanks for your participation in our family of friends and fine artists in our WFS group.
Barbara McMahon replied:
Thank you Randy for the feature in the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group! Much appreciated.
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