Medusa Ornamental Onion - Bare Root Plant

Name: Medusa Ornamental Onion - Bare Root Plant
Brand: Great Lakes Lavender Farm
SKU: GLLF-PER-6FE65C22-BR
Price: 13.0 USD
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Live plants are pickup only June 1–September 30. Plugs and potted plants cannot use our shipping path to AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT, or WA; pickup may remain available. Soil-free bare root plants may ship to those states during March 1–May 31 when all remaining rules pass. Montana plug and potted-plant arrivals must be October 1–May 31.

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Bare root arrives dormant

Expect new growth in about 6 weeks after planting. Until then it can look lifeless, so you won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether it will grow.

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About the Product

Medusa 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.

It 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.

What it looks like

Rounded 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.

Growing it with lavender

Medusa 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.

Care

Grow 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.

At a glance

Botanical name: Allium
Flower color: Light amethyst purple
Foliage: Gray-green
Growth habit: Low, loose mound of twisting leaves
Mature size: 20–24 in tall × 24 in wide
USDA hardiness zones: 4–8
Light: full sun, part sun to part shade
Bloom start: Early-August
Peak bloom: Mid-August
Bloom pattern: Single Flush
Deer resistance: Resistant
Pollinator value: Excellent

Sizes and shipping

Dormant 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.

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Mature height: 24.0 in
Mature spread: 24.0 in
Bloom: Early-August – peak Mid-August
Fragrance: Mild
Deer: Resistant

Lavender companion · grow guide

How to grow Medusa

Ornamental Onion · Allium

Give these clump-forming summer alliums full sun and well-drained soil. Once settled they shrug off drought, heat, deer and rabbits and bloom in mid to late summer.

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Full sunLight
Low waterFast drainage
pH 6.0–7.5Soil
Zones 4a–8bHardiness
24″ tall24″ wide
ResistantDeer · rabbits resistant
Toxic to petsPets

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Hardy in zones 4a–8b

Spring or early fall, at least 6 weeks before the ground freezes.

Dormant bare-root clumping ornamental onion (allium) as it arrives, laid on burlap

When it arrives

Your bare-root plant

You'll get a cluster of small, slender bulbs joined at the base, with stringy roots and maybe cut-back leaves. Soak roots 30 minutes, then plant right away, bulbs just below the surface. Keep cool and slightly moist if you must wait a few days.

Expect new growth in about 6 weeks after planting. Bare root ships March–May while dormant, with little or no top growth, and it can look lifeless until then. That’s normal. Grassy green tufts come up in mid-spring (April in Michigan). Flower stems follow in early summer and bloom July to September depending on variety. Foliage that yellows a bit in late fall is normal.

You won’t be able to tell within 24 hours of arrival whether a dormant plant will grow.

When to plant

Spring or early fall, at least 6 weeks before the ground freezes.

How deep

Set the clump so the tops of the small bulbs sit just below the soil surface and the leaf bases are at soil level. Spread the roots downward; don't bury the foliage.

Spacing

12–18 inches apart for most; larger types up to 24 inches.

Soil

Sandy, loam or gravelly; clay if amended · pH 6.0–7.5

Fix-it tip: Wet soil rots the bulbs. In clay, work in compost and plant on a slight mound or in a raised bed so water never sits around the clump.

Sun

Full sun (tolerates light part shade).

Less than 6 hours of sun gives floppier foliage and fewer, smaller flower globes.

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Is it alive? What spring looks like

Grassy green tufts come up in mid-spring (April in Michigan). Flower stems follow in early summer and bloom July to September depending on variety. Foliage that yellows a bit in late fall is normal.