Allium 'Ping Pong'
"Wild leek"
Orders placed before 1 September 2024
You can expect your order in September 2024
Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2024
You can expect your order in October 2023
Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2024
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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Description
Most alliums—or ornamental onions—flower in late spring and early summer. If you want to prolong your allium season, then choose Allium 'Ping Pong', which will be looking its best between June and August. It is an unusual allium (also sometimes referred to as wild leek). Its flowerhead resembles a garlic seed head, revealing a tightly packed silvery pink ball of tiny star flowers. These stand atop tall, strong, straight, deep green stems, and a clump of basal, strap-shaped leaves. With flowers at around 100cm high off the ground, Allium 'Ping Pong' is ideal for the midway point or back of the border.
The flowers of Allium ampeloprasum 'Ping Pong' are extremely attractive to bees and other pollinating insects, making the plant a wonderful addition to a wildlife garden. Then, after the flowers have faded, you can enjoy the architectural seed heads, which create a spectacular display over several months. Or, of you fancy some indoor decoration, cut flowers for the vase; you will be able to enjoy the seedheads this way, too.
Key features
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Good for cutting
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Comes back every year
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Attractive to wildlife
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Loved by pollinators
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Thrives well in full sun
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Low maintenance
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Fully hardy
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Rodent resistant
Specs & details
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Botanical name
Allium ampeloprasum 'Ping Pong'
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Flower colour
White
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Bulb size
6/+
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Established height
70cm-1m
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Established spread
10-20cm
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Plant spacing
25 bulbs per m2
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Leaf colour
Green
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Habit
Upright
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Life cycle
Perennial
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Hardiness
Fully hardy
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Years to establish
1st year
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Sunlight
Full sun, Partial shade
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Position
Sheltered
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Suitable for
Borders
Coastal gardens
Cottage gardens
Cut flower gardens
Gravel gardens
Large containers
Low maintenance gardens -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Free draining
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Soil type
Loam
Loam-based compost
Multipurpose compost
Sandy
Stony -
Growing skill
Easy to grow
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Scented
No
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Pollinator-friendly
Yes
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Mouse resistant
Yes
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Rabbit resistant
Yes
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Deer resistant
Yes
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Toxicity
Skin/eyes irritant
Plant calendar
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Planting
- Flowering
Useful information
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Plant your Allium 'Ping Pong' bulbs from mid to late autumn;
Plant in borders or containers in sun or partial shade;
Plant your "Wild leek" bulbs two to three times as deep as the bulb is high;
Space the bulbs about twice the bulb diameter apart;
Place the Allium 'Ping Pong' bulbs with the pointed side facing upwards.
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Orders placed before 1 September 2025
You can expect your order in September 2025Orders placed 1 September - 15 October 2025
You can expect your order in October 2025Orders placed 16 October - 15 December 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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