(Ornamental Onion)

The tasseled flower clusters of this small bulbous perennial are one of the most charming signs that spring has arrived; the spreading carpets of blue bring cheer to gardeners everywhere. Shaggy tufts of purplish-blue sterile flowers appear at the tips of straight stems, above greenish brown fertile flowers. The flower stalks emerge in mid spring from basal clumps of fresh green leaves. This grape hyacinth is native to dry meadows in southern Europe, Iraq, and Turkey.

Plant the bulbs of tassel...

(Blue Ornamental Onion)

Blue ornamental onion is a perennial bulb grown for its small clusters of azure blue, star-shaped flowers. In late spring to early summer, each plant puts forth multiple leafless stems topped with one flower cluster. The green strap-like foliage appears before plants bloom and often dies back before flowers the appear. This onion has a lightly oniony fragrance when its leaves or stems are crushed.

Blue ornamental onion is originates from the mountains of northern and Central Asia where it grows...

(Keeled Garlic)

Keeled garlic is grown for its spider-like clusters of red-purple, bell-shaped flowers which appear in late spring to midsummer atop tall leafless stems. Its foliage is fine, grassy and green and disappears after the flowers set seed.

This bulbous, clump forming perennial is native to Central and southern Europe, Turkey, and Russia, where it thrives in full sun average soil. Plant it in the fall in a well-drained location under three to four inches of soil. Keeled garlic is a fast grower and...

(Cipollini Onion, Garden Onion)

Fresh grown onions just taste better. These popular vegetables come in many shapes and colors and are quite easy to grow if you have good, friable soil and lots of sun.

The onion is a perennial that’s grown as an annual root vegetable. Unknown in the wild, Allium cepa may descend from several species found across Central Asian to include Allium oschaninii, Allium praemixtum, Allium vavilovii, Allium pskemense,...

(Garden Onion)

Fresh grown onions just taste better. These popular vegetables come in many shapes and colors and are quite easy to grow if you have good, friable soil and lots of sun.

The onion is a perennial that’s grown as an annual root vegetable. Unknown in the wild, Allium cepa may descend from several species found across Central Asian to include Allium oschaninii, Allium praemixtum, Allium vavilovii, Allium pskemense,...

(Garden Onion, Yellow Oniont Onion)

The garden onion is a biennial widely grown as a vegetable. Pale hollow green leaves and long flower stems that sometimes have bulbils rather than flowers arise from bulbs with papery outer coverings. The cultivar 'Walla Walla' produces white, sweet, juicy onions with light brown coverings.

Garden onions are categorized by the day length at which they form bulbs. This cultivar requires the long days (14 hours or more) of the upper latitudes. It can also be planted in fall, overwintered, and harvested...

(Nodding Onion)

Distinguished by its nodding flower heads and its relatively long season of bloom, this small to medium-sized bulbous perennial is among the most popular of the ornamental onions. It is native to slopes, prairies, and open woodlands throughout much of North America.

Plants form clumps of flattened, arching, grass-like leaves, arising from narrow bulbs with grayish, fibrous coats. In late spring and summer, bulbs produce solitary flower stems, each bearing a domed cluster of 20 to 30 purple-pink...

(Nodding Onion)

Distinguished by its nodding flower heads and its relatively long season of bloom, this small to medium-sized bulbous perennial is among the most popular of the ornamental onions. It is native to slopes, prairies, and open woodlands throughout much of North America.

Plants form clumps of flattened, arching, grass-like leaves, arising from narrow bulbs with grayish, fibrous coats. In late spring and summer, bulbs produce solitary flower stems, each bearing a domed cluster of 20 to 30 purple-pink...

(Christoph's Onion, Star of Persia)

The star of Persia ornamental onion is grown for its huge globe-like cluster of shimmering pink-purple starry flowers, which rises like a flowery lollipop from a single leafless stem in the early summer. The large, strap-like gray-green basal leaves emerge slightly before the short-stemmed flower appears.

Alliums are onions and thus most have the familiar pungent fragrance when their leaves or stems are crushed. Star of Persia is native to Turkey and Central Asia where it grows in full sun and...

(Japanese Bunching Onion, Onion-leek, Scallion, Stone Leek)

The fresh savory flavor of scallions tastes even better when they are harvested straight from the garden. Also called Welsh onions or Japanese bunching onions, these easy-to-grow veggies are a must for the culinary garden. They originate from Asia and were brought to Europe in the 17th century where they quickly gained popularity.

These evergreen perennials form clumps of upright scallions with small white bases and upright greens that are rounded and hollow. Their flavor is much like that...