{"product_id":"medusa-ornamental-onion-bare-root-plant","title":"Medusa Ornamental Onion - Bare Root Plant","description":"\u003cp\u003eMedusa is a playful ornamental onion named for its snaky, twisting leaves and curled flower buds. The nodding buds look like little serpent heads at the stem tips before they straighten and open into rounded clusters of light amethyst purple flowers in late summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt forms a low mound of narrow gray-green foliage about two feet tall in bloom, making it a fun choice for rock and herb gardens, border fronts and containers. Butterflies and bees visit the nectar-rich flowers, while deer and rabbits avoid the onion-scented leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRounded flower clusters 1.75 to 2 inches across made of many tiny starry florets in light amethyst purple, held on slender stems; before opening, the buds nod and curl at the stem tips. Leaves are narrow, gray-green, grassy blades that twist and curl toward their ends, forming a low, loose mound. The plant is 20 to 24 inches tall in bloom and about 24 inches wide. At peak bloom purple balls float above a swirl of twisted gray-green leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedusa grows well in the same sunny, lean, well-drained spots as lavender, and its twisty gray-green leaves and amethyst globes add playful texture in front of lavender and bloom after its first flush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow in full sun to part shade in lean to average, well-drained soil; it handles drought once established. Hardy in USDA zones 4-8. Trim off any tired foliage in fall or early spring; clumps can be divided in spring every few years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Allium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Light amethyst purple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gray-green\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Low, loose mound of twisting leaves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 20–24 in tall × 24 in wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4–8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun, part sun to part shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom start:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early-August\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-August\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Single Flush\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Resistant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root Plant","offer_id":67775458476328,"sku":"GLLF-PER-6FE65C22-BR","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/medusa-ornamental-onion.jpg?v=1790892269","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/medusa-ornamental-onion-bare-root-plant","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}