Plants that flower in the late summer or fall are particularly important parts of gardens if you want to keep the colors going. Even after a weird year of too much rain, then no rain with really hot temperatures, this onion flowered beautifully and the bees and butterflies love it. TPP got a funny question the other day; he was asked if all Alliums smelled like onions. All onions (and similar vegetables) are alliums, so yes onions they are. This particular onion is a horticultural variety whose name escapes the memory, and it is very similar to our native nodding onions except the flowers are very pink and showy.