{"product_id":"serendipity-ornamental-onion-bare-root-plant","title":"Serendipity Ornamental Onion - Bare Root Plant","description":"\u003cp\u003eSerendipity has everything gardeners like about the classic summer-blooming ornamental onions, plus striking blue foliage. Rosy purple globes appear in abundance from mid to late summer, standing out against the cool blue leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been a repeat top performer in Michigan State University trials and a consumer favorite in Canadian trials. At 15 to 20 inches tall, it fits the front of a border, rock gardens and containers. It is drought tolerant and easy to grow, and while pollinators love it, deer and rabbits avoid it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRounded flower heads about 2 inches across packed with many tiny starry florets in rosy purple, held on firm stems just above the foliage. Leaves are thick, strappy and powder blue to blue-green with a slight gloss, forming a compact, upright clump. The plant is 15 to 20 inches tall and 10 to 15 inches wide. At peak bloom rosy purple balls crowd the top of the blue foliage clump.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerendipity loves the same full sun and lean, well-drained soil as lavender, and its blue leaves and rosy purple globes blend with lavender's colors while blooming after lavender's 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 Rosy purple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Powder blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Compact, upright clump\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15–20 in tall × 10–15 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 Late-July\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early-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":67775483904296,"sku":"GLLF-PER-5A50BF7F-BR","price":15.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/serendipity-ornamental-onion.jpg?v=1790892308","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/serendipity-ornamental-onion-bare-root-plant","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}