Botanical Name: Allium
Description: Tall, striking, and perfect for dramatic garden accents.  Gladiator is a vigorous, strong-growing plant with flower stalks reaching up to 5 feet above a base of lush foliage and topped with 5 inch flower globes of violet purple.  Grows easily in full sun or partial shade, blooms in early summer, and perennializes readily to form large clumps.