fireworks for new year’s

Allium stems must be one of the showier winter garden flowers. Once again, these dried winter stems are just as interesting as their summer counterparts imho. Soon the wet snow and wind will strip them of their tethered butterflies ( dried inflorescence). Which again– did you notice? — is an umbel. I know, I know, enough about umbels. But, c’mon, look at this frozen fireworks display. It’s fantastic.

allium in winter