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Allium canadense (Canada garlic)

Other names: Meadow garlic, Meadow leek, Rose leek, Canada onion, Canadian garlic, Meadow garlic, Wild onion, Wild garlic

A. canadense is a clump-forming, bulbous perennial with an edible, onion-like bulb bearing linear, blue-green leaves and dome-like clusters of star-shaped, white or pink flowers in late spring and early summer.
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0.2m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium fistulosum (Spring onion)

Other names: Welsh onion, Japanese bunching onion, Japanese leek, Welsh leek, Stone leek, Onion-leek, Scallion

A. fistulosum is a clump-forming, slowly spreading, evergreen bulbous perennial cultivated as a vegetable with edible, upright, hollow, strap-like, blue-green leaves, erect stems bearing umbels of tiny, pale yellow flowers from late spring into autumn, and small, edible, white bulbs ready for harvest approximately 6-8 weeks after sowing.
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0.13m max. spread

0.9m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium cepa 'Red Baron' (Onion 'Red Baron')

'Red Baron' is a bulbous perennial with strap-like green leaves cultivated as an edible vegetable. This is a mid-late maturing variety with deep red flesh.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation' (Dutch garlic 'Purple Sensation')

Other names: Allium aflatunense 'Purple Sensation', 'Purple Sensation', Allium 'Purple Sensation'

'Purple Sensation' is a clump-forming, deciduous, bulbous perennial with strap-shaped, mid- to grey-green leaves and, in summer, erect stems bearing spherical umbels of reddish-purple flowers blooming after the leaves died down.
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0.5m max. spread

0.9m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium cepa 'Red Brunswick' (Onion 'Red Brunswick')

Other names: Allium cepa 'Brunswick'

'Red Brunswick' is a bulbous perennial cultivated as a vegetable with strap-like, green leaves and a medium-sized, edible bulb with blood-red skin and mild flavoured white flesh throughout summer. Stores well.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium senescens ssp. glaucum (German garlic)

Other names: Circle onion, Blue Siberian onion, Cowlick onion, Corkscrew ornamental onion, Allium senescens ssp. montanum var. glaucum, Allium senescens 'Glaucum', Spiral onion, Curly chives, Circle chive

A. senescens ssp. glaucum is a compact, bulbous perennial with linear, twisted, blue- to grey-green leaves and dense, round clusters of pink to pale pink flowes in summer.
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0.2m max. spread

0.2m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium siculum bulgaricum (Bulgarian allium)

Other names: Nectaroscordum sicilum ssp Bulgaricum, Nectaroscordum siculum subsp. Bulgaricum

Bulgaricum is grand and ornamental. Its naked stems bear a crown of bell-shaped flowers which are green on the outside and cream with bold-pink markings on the inside.
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0.1m max. spread

1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium 'Red Mohican' (Allium 'Red Mohican')

Other names: Ornamental onion 'Red Mohican'

'Red Mohican' is a clump-forming, bulbous perennial with glossy, strap-shaped, mid-green leaves and, in summer, sturdy, erect stems bearing ovoid, tightly packed umbels of tiny, bell-shaped, white-tipped, maroon flowers in summer.
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0.2m max. spread

1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium 'Beau Regard' (Allium 'Beau Regard')

Other names: Ornamental onion 'Beau Regard'

'Beau Regard' is an upright, clump-forming, bulbous perennial with glossy, slightly aromatic, strap-shaped, dark green leaves and sturdy, erect stems bearing large, dense, rounded umbels of pale purple flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread

1m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium porrum 'Carentan 2' (Leek 'Carentan 2')

Other names: Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum 'Carentan 2', Allium porrum 'De Carentan 2', Allium porrum 'Monstrueux de Carentan 2'

'Carentan 2' is a tufted, bulbous perennial, typically grown as an annual vegetable crop with a relatively short, thick, cylindrical, edible, white stalk and many flat, dull dark green leaves in autumn.
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0.4m max. spread

0.6m max. height

1-2 years to maturity