In the world of spring-blooming bulbs, alliums really are something special. Seemingly designed by Dr. Seuss, they’d be the truffula trees of the flower world if they weren’t so perfectly spherical.

Take your garden to new heights with alliums. This ornamental member of the onion family provides welcome color as spring bulbs fade and before summer perennials fill our gardens with colorful blooms.

Alliums are the ornamental relatives of garlic. This year, with lots of rain and cool temperatures, they sprouted early and went to bloom outrageously creating glorious garden pictures. And, since ...