(Garden Onion, White 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 ‘White Ebenezer’ produces flattish white onions with a slightly pungent flavor.

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 stores moderately well.

Garden onions require...

(Bunching 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 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 ‘Yellow Stuttgarter’ is a deep yellow onion with pale yellow flesh. It has a strong flavor when eaten raw, but cooking reduces its potency.

Garden onions are categorized according to the day length at which they form bulbs. This cultivar requires the long days (14 hours or more) of...

(Scallion, Shallot)

Onions in the Aggregatum Group produce numerous small bulbs rather than a single large bulb. Like other varieties of garden onion (known collectively as Allium cepa), they are biennials that originated in Central Asia but that are unknown in the wild.

The pale- to mid-green, hollow, awl-shaped leaves of these onions arise from clusters of small papery-coated bulbs. Some varieties produce globular heads of greenish-white flowers on upright stems in the summer of their second year. Hot...

(Egyptian Onion)

The outlandish "flower heads" of Egyptian onion contain bulbs instead of blooms. Like other varieties of garden onion (known collectively as Allium cepa), they are biennials that originated in Central Asia but that are unknown in the wild.

The pale- to mid-green, hollow, awl-shaped leaves of Egyptian onion arise from a large, papery-coated bulb. In summer, spherical clusters of small bulbs ("bulbils") are borne atop tall stems. The clusters may also include a scattering of small yellowish-white...

(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...

(Japanese Bunching Onion)

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...

(Japanese Bunching Onion)

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...

(Fragrant Yellow Onion, Yellow Ornamental Onion)

Yellow ornamental onion is a compact bulbous perennial grown for its bright yellow, wispy flower clusters that appear in late spring to summer. Each cluster, or umbel, bears up to 60 bell-shaped flowers with prominent stamens; the flowers nod down as they open. Its clumps of slender blue-green leaves grasp the base of each leafless stem.

This allium is native to Europe and western Asia where it grows in full sun and well-drained, often sandy, soil. Bulbs should be planted in the autumn under...