Serendipity Allium After Dividing - March 2024
Last year, I discovered that our Serendipity Alliums were out-performing our Summer Beauty Alliums in terms of bloom time and WHEN they bloomed ( Serendipity bloomed later ). I've added a number of Summer Beauty via divisions over the years, but I had - until last Fall - not divided the pair of Serendipity Alliums that were IB2DWs. I originally planted three of them the middle of the Summer 2021, but only two survived. (Should have known planting a new perennial in the heat of Summer was unwise.) Last Fall, I took the two existing clumps and divided them up into five plants. From two-to-five = net of three new plants . This Spring, all five have come back - for now. Below is a look at the three in the original IB2DWs bed - close to the driveway: And below is a look at the other two - in the new conifer garden - they can be seen on the left side of the photo. I'm thinking that I'll see how these do and perhaps in next year, we'l...