Many years ago I read a rather prejudicial statement by a gardening non-american who said that American Gardeners were like babies. If it wasn't big bright and shiny we couldn't appreciate it. Well, I disagree-WAH! The point is that some of the seed heads of Alliums are also attractive in their own right (as Cameron mentioned about Purple Sensation) if you have an eye for such things. For instance I've used the Drumstick Allium heads in dried arrangements with success. Also at a teaching garden I was attracted to a group of medium growing large flower heads that looked like an explosion of fireworks had just gone off. It turned out they were the seed heads of Allium Schubertii. They were planted in front of an evergreen shrub border with competition from nothing else "bright and shiny" to distract, and their unusual form took center stage. The guide said that they stayed like that for at least a month or so. I've never seen them in bloom, but had I a similar set up, I'd certainly try the same combination. Here is a link that might be useful: Allium Schubertii

White Flower farm says they are sterile; so what you most likely have are offsets from the mother bulbs which should be identical to the mother bulbs. Many allium produce this kind of offset babies, but it still pays to deadhead the blooming plants when the blossom is over. Just because it is a hybrid, however, does not automatically make it sterile, most in fact are not. True sterile mules are actually the exception rather than the rule.

Just wondering what should I expect re: offset/bulblets... I planted my a bit more denser, just because of the look I wanted...expecting that maybe in year 2 , I might need to dig them up and get rid of some offsets.. I recall reading they pretty much multiply a bit pretty quick..

I would also love to have some Egyptian Onion. I had these in the yard of a home I owned years ago and I used them vigorously. I have Charantais Melon from France to trade or I am willing to pay for this.