SEEDS AVAILABLE:
- Sow 11 weeks before last frost: 6-8 seeds/cell in 6-packs; repeat in July or August for fall and spring use
- Easy warm germinator
- 7-10 days to germination
- 75 seeds
PLANT PROFILE:
Zone: 4-7
Height: 30-45cm [1-1.5ft] with flowers
Spread: transplanted clump requires 15-25cm (6") space; if left to self-sow, plants naturalize into whatever space is allowed
Bloom: White, ivory white
Foliage: Tubular
Light: Full sun
Water: Moderate
Soil: Average
Garden location: Vegetable rows, Bed borders, naturalizing areas
Allium fistulosum (Welsh or Bunching onion)
Allium fistulosum is a perennial onion that does not develop a large bulb and, if hilled up with soil over the summer months, will have a long white (blanched) shaft, desirable for cooking (best pulled when young). We grow these in the vegetable garden as a biennial, harvesting the seed produced in year 2 for ongoing sowing and sales. In another garden bed we treat Allium fistulosum as a perennial, allowing large colonies to sow themselves; these "green onions" are available for harvest year 'round.
