Cori Ann those are gorgeous photos! Thank you for sharing them. I especially love the first one. I think you have just enabled me to plant the two super close together this fall when I will be planting the bulbs. Would you say they're about 5 inches apart?

Alliums are great. Pretty easy care & reliable. I was wondering what zone you are in? Because for me, the globemaster & other larger alliums bloom way before my roses do. But some of the variety of alliums bloom later too. Just something to consider, depending on your zone.

Cori Ann - your Peace is sooooo beautiful!!!! I gasped when I saw the first picture!

Carol

Halfway across the world here, but as you can see from this photo, obviously taken before bloom time but these have very large heads which will cover the ugly base of the rose...as the seedheads last for ages.. I have them pretty close, all growing in a container, although my rose is a short climber not a floribunda, but I wouldn't worry about that.. Otherwise, no harm at all.. I imagine it would be the same for you...?.. I'm sure it will look very nice for you, as it does for Cori Ann [I expected nothing less ]...

Thanks Carol. They were actually a trade I made with Romogen (remember when I traded my awful Munstead Woods who couldnt stand my dry heat?) and they were growing very slow at first, not doing well and not blooming well. I talked to Romogen about it and he said, “well they need water... they are big blooms after all.” I stopped being so stingy with their water, gave them an extra line of drip, and boom! This year they’re blooming and growing. Go figure. Plants need water? ;-)

Sorry to hijack Mark. Back to alliums! :-)

Oh and yes, they’re about 5 inches apart Mark. Good eye.

Garlic chives are also allium. My Belinda's Dream is struggling a bit this spring with some delayed cane death. But it is similar to what happened to my OGR teas an tea noisettes where they seem to survive the winter but as spring advances on summer they have unexplained cane death. So not sure if the problem is related to the closeness of allium or this spring's vicious freeze/thaw cycling.

Halloblondie - thanks I'm in zone 8. Yes didn't think about bloom time. I have some globemaster growing in another area and they have yet to bloom. So we shall see if the roses and allium bloom at the same time. :)

Marlorena - that is one beautiful photo as well! Thanks for sharing.

Cori Ann thanks I will space it at 5 inches as well. Ha and don't worry I love a good discussion about roses! ;)

Cori Ann - that is so true!! :)