It is cultivated widely, and has become naturalised in scattered locations in other regions outside its natural range.

[2] Allium roseum grows naturally to about 18 inches (46 cm) high in well-drained soils, and in Europe blooms from late spring to early summer.

The loose, fragrant florets are about 3 inches (76 mm) long, having six pinkish to lilac tepals.

[4] The smell and flavour of the bulb is powerful enough to drive squirrels and browsing deer away from gardens, where they are planted as ornamental flowers.

[4] Allium roseum was originally described and published by Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum in 1753.