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Allium roseum (Rosy garlic)

A. roseum is a low-growing bulbous perennial with strap-shaped leaves. In late spring or early summer, it bears loose clusters of dainty pink flowers.
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0.5m max. spread

0.3m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium oreophilum (Allium oreophilum)

Other names: Allium ostrowskianum

A. oreophilum is a low-growing bulbous perennial with strap-shaped leaves. In late spring or early summer, it bears clusters of dainty rose-pink flowers.
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0.2m max. spread

0.15m max. height

2-5 years to maturity

Allium nigrum (Black garlic)

Other names: Allium multibulbosum, Broad-leaved onion , Allium afrum, Allium bauerianum, Allium magicum, Allium paucibulbosum, Kalabotis nigrum

A. nigrum is a bulbous perennial with strap-shaped leaves. In mid-summer, it produces globular heads of white, star-shaped flowers on upright stems. It gets its name from the dark centres to its flowers.
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0.4m max. spread

0.45m 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

Allium fistulosum 'Lilia' (Spring onion 'Lilia')

'Lilia' is a perennial grown as an edible vegetable with hollow green leaves and torpeedo-shaped purple onions that can be harvested in summer until autumn. A dual purpose Italian variety with a pungent flavour.
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0.3m max. spread

0.4m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium cepa 'Senshyu Yellow' (Onion 'Senshyu Yellow')

'Senshyu Yellow' is a bulbous perennial cultivated as a vegetable with upright, strap-like, grey-green leaves and edible, semi-globe shaped, pale yellow bulbs ready for harvest in summer.
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0.15m max. spread

0.45m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium ampeloprasum 'Musselburgh' (Leek 'Musselburgh')

Other names: Allium porrum 'Musselburgh'

'Musselburgh' is a vegetable with a thick, cylindrical white stalk, a slightly bulbous root end and many flat, dull dark green leaves in summer. This is a popular, hardy and reliable mid-season variety with thick, succulent stems.
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0.5m max. spread

0.5m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium ampeloprasum 'Edison' (Leek 'Edison')

'Edison' is a vegetable with a thick, cylindrical white stalk, a slightly bulbous root end and many flat, dull dark green leaves in summer.This is a fairly disease resistant variety with uniform size and good texture that can be harvested young as a 'baby' vegetable, or when mature in autumn or winter.
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0.2m max. spread

0.45m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium cepa 'Red Ray' (Onion 'Red Ray')

'Red Ray' is a bulbous perennial cultivated as a vegetable with upright, strap-like, grey-green leaves and edible, semi-globe shaped, deep crimson to maroon bulbs ready for harvest in autumn.
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0.15m max. spread

0.45m max. height

1-2 years to maturity

Allium cepa 'Electric' (Onion 'Electric')

Other names: Overwintering onion 'Electric'

'Electric' is a bulbous perennial cultivated as a vegetable with upright, strap-like, dark green leaves and round, red-skinned, edible bulbs with crisp, pink-flushed, white flesh ready for harvest in late spring and early summer.
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0.15m max. spread

0.4m max. height

1-2 years to maturity