Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)

This native species has delicate, grass-like foliage and nodding clusters of beautiful, bell-shaped flowers ranging in colours from lilac to white, with showy yellow stamens (the part of the flower which holds up the pollen). Nodding onion blooms from late spring to mid summer and each stem may produce up to 30 flowers. A member of the Allium (onion) genus, this flower grows from a small bulb and has a delicate onion scent when cut or crushed.