Medusa Alliums Back For First Spring - Island Bed - March 2026

I noticed some green peeking through the mulch up front, along the driveway in the Island Bed.  It seemed out of place and I immediately thought it might be a weed of some sort.  I've started to notice the Wild Onions starting to fire up  in the backyard and worried that somehow they had migrated up into the Island bed.  

Then...I looked closer.  I saw this: 

And, I saw a few more scattered around the same area:

And, then I saw all five of them scattered along the driveway.  Two rows of two with one in front:

And, I realized that these aren't weeds.  But, they're not wild onions.  But, they *are* onions.

Last Summer, I planted five Medusa Alliums up there after buying them from Northwind Perennial Farm up in Wisconsin.  

These didn't do exceptionally well last year and faded pretty early.  But, as a gardener, I'm learning that sometimes that happens in year one - when you plant a new perennial.  They don't thrive in year one and go to sleep a little bit earlier in the season.  But, they come back in Spring of year two.  That appears to be the case with these Medusa Alliums.  Here is a post from July that shows how they looked a month after planting.  

In terms of spacing, the listing at Northwind says they have a 24" spread, so I planted them pretty far part last year.  They didn't get anywhere close to 24", but here's hoping they'll put on some mass this growing season.   I also should start thinking about adding even more groundcover up here - like Ajuga and/or Carex.