Allium christophii

In Dutch this Allium is called Sterrenlook, meaning the Allium of the stars. Indeed a very appropriate name for this Allium, as of out of the end of each stem a crisscross of some hundred purple smaller greenish stems of about ten centimeters in length evolve, with silvery violet star-shaped flowers. Its blossoming is a fascinating process, and once the flowers open, they shine like stars in your garden for weeks.