I am new to bulbs so I don't have anything to compare them to... they are also on a sunny location, just like my other bulbs... so I don't know -.-

IME, bulbs that bloom later in the year - like most alliums - also tend to show up in the garden later. I would not be the slightest bit concerned about not seeing any signs of them yet as it is months before most bloom. As long as planted in well drained soils as all bulbs need, they should show up in plenty of time. In fact, by the time most alliums bloom the foliage looks pretty awful anyway - the longer it hangs around, the worse it looks!

Thank you Gardengal48, I think this makes complete sense.

It also depends on the species/cultivar. My large alliums ('Purple Sensation', giganteum) tend to be among the first bulbs to poke through the soil here in z5, around the same time as crocuses, hyacinths and reticulated irises. My smaller ones like A. sphaerocephalon and A. caeruleum often don't pop up until we're well into April, or even May.

Of course the true "earliest" Allium to come up around here are chives, and I've seen quite a few of them emerging already in the nearby woods as well as on my property (although most of those weren't intentionally planted!)

And, I am just seeing one of the earliest of my non-spring bloomers (lilium formosanum) just peeking through, and some of the mid-spring haven't even shown up (trilliums, anemones, cordydalis, dodocatheon) yet. My crocus started blooming in January, and due to very evil cold between now and then, the same crocus are sending out their first rebloom since January just now.

So..at least for my region, things are tardy this year. I would expect farther north to be the same.

I have "purple sensation" there... it is supposed to be very warm this next couple of days here in Indiana so maybe that will give them a push :)

heh. I love my alliums. I just abhoor it's foliage

Oh, you lucky people! All my garden is still under over 2' of snow and the ground was frozen before the snow started to accumulate. There is so much snow still around on the streets that the street drains are covered and since it is finally getting above freezing we have water puddles, some of them quite deep, all over the place. And then they freeze at night making walking dangerous.

Wicked winter for us and even worse down toward where my relatives live in NW Iowa and NE Nebraska. I haven't a clue about whether there is anything to worry about with my garlics or the perennial onions either. Mine are all edibles anyway; so we shall see.

SO, what do you know.... they are starting to come thru now, and fast actually.. I am VERY excited!

That’s awesome!! So happy for you! :) Please post pictures when they bloom! We’re still weeks away from seeing any green. Still white everywhere.

! A lot less white around here than it was a week ago. And a whole lot wetter all over.

My globe master and christophii allium usually are about the first to emerge but just a bit until it gets warmer. I don’t see them yet. Also in my experience bulbs planted last fall are a little slower than established ones. It’s hard in March, after a long winter, to keep from feeling that nothing is coming back and everything is a disaster. My garden insecurities are always at their peak right now.

Why don’t people like the foliage? I have some coming up now and am Curious

MLEP -

If the siting is planted in a located hidden by other shrubs, aka hidden, it's not terrible. The leaves on the Globemaster I would say go a easy 18" plus in diameter and well, like most bulbs, and like most bulbs, you need to wait till the leaves 'pether off before you can cleanup. Siting them so they are hidden amongst other shrubs is key I suppose.