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Allium scorodoprasum (Sand leek)

Other names: Rocambole

A. scorodoprasum is an upright, bulbous perennial with broadly linear, slightly keeled, mid-green leaves, rough on the edge, and erect stems bearing spherical umbels of stalked, reddish-purple flowers from late spring to late summer.
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0.15m max. spread

0.25m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium wallichii (Wallich's garlic)

Other names: Himalayan onion

A. wallichii is an upright, bulbous perennial with linear, keeled, mid-green basal leaves, stem-clasping leaves, and erect stems bearing loose umbels of star-shaped, purple to purple-pink flowers in late summer and early autumn.
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0.1m max. spread

0.5m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium ampeloprasum 'Oarsman' (Leek 'Oarsman')

'Oarsman' is a vegetable with a thick, cylindrical white stalk, a slightly bulbous root end and many flat, dull dark green leaves in summer. It can be grown for baby leeks and stands up well to the cold winter wet.
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0.2m max. spread

0.45m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium fistulosum 'Photon' (Spring onion 'Photon')

Other names: Salad onion 'Photon', Allium cepa 'Photon', Bunching onion 'Photon'

'Photon' is a bulbous perennial cultivated as a vegetable with edible, upright, strap-like, dark grey-green leaves and small, edible, white bulbs ready for harvest approximately 6-8 weeks after sowing.
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0.1m max. spread

0.3m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium hookeri 'Zorami' (Hooker chives 'Zorami')

Other names: Hooker's onion 'Zorami'

'Zorami' is a bulbous perennial forming a narrow clump of erect, flat, linear, edible dark green leaves and sturdy, slender stems bearing round umbels of white or greenish-white flowers from midsummer into autumn.
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0.2m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii (Babington's leek)

A. ampeloprasum var. babingtonii is a tufted, bulbous perennial, grown as an ornamental or an annual vegetable crop, with edible bulbs and stems supporting upright to arching, strap-shaped, grey-green leaves and slender, erect stems bearing spherical heads of lilac-pink flowers in summer.
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0.3m max. spread

1.8m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium cepa 'Walla Walla' (Onion 'Walla Walla')

'Walla Walla' is a bulbous perennial cultivated as a vegetable with upright, strap-like, grey-green leaves and, ready for harvest from summer into autumn, edible, spherical, white bulbs encased in pale brown skins. Flavour is sweet and mild.
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0.2m max. spread

0.3m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium fistulosum 'Guardsman' (Spring onion 'Guardsman')

'Guardsman' is a perennial grown as an edible vegetable with stiff, straight, hollow green leaves and white onions that can be harvested from late spring until autumn.
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0.3m max. spread

0.4m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium schoenoprasum 'Corsican White' (Chives 'Corsican White')

'Corsican White' is a bulbous perennial forming a narrow clump of erect, cylindrical, onion-scented, dark green leaves and rounded umbels of white flowers in summer.
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0.1m max. spread

0.6m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium cepa 'Eiffel' (Spring onion 'Eiffel')

Other names: Salad onion 'Eiffel', Bunching onion 'Eiffel'

'Eiffel' is a bulbous perennial cultivated as a vegetable with edible, upright, strap-like, grey-green leaves and small, edible, white bulbs in summer or early spring.
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0.2m max. spread

0.3m max. height

1-2 years to maturity