The largest white flowered alliums?

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Is Mt Everest the largest white allium? I ask as it is my experience that the flower size is not as large as Ambassador/Giganteum/Globemaster.

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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
last year
'White Giant' - 3-4' tall and with flowerheads 6-8 inches in diameter. Just slightly larger (maybe 20%?) than Mt. Everest.
rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
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last year
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Thanks for that 'gg'. I had never heard nor seen of WG.

(A bit confusing this ID as I have lots of "Red Giant""
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littlebug zone 5 Missouri
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I’m going to spray paint mine tomorrow. It’s my first time with painting allium blooms - we’ll see how it goes.

I got a can of metallic gold to try. If I don’t like it, I’ve got several cans of white to spray them again. Or I could buy purple . …
robert567
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Why do they call that "Red Giant"? Very short, not even that big of flower, and not really red. The leaves look like a big Ramp. Bulb isn't giant either.
rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
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last year
For sure it isn't for the stem length!

The flower can be quite large. The one in the back right looks like this:

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