Simon's Blog - Amazing Alliums

They're a firm favourite with the nation's gardeners, they've been nicknamed the 'fireworks of gardening' and would you believe that they're a very close relative of the humble onion.

Well with over ten thousand blooms from fourteen varieties, the allium display at the Collector Earl's Gardens at Arundel Castle is already looking stunning, as I found out when I caught up with Head Gardener Martin Duncan.