Allium hyalinum (Glassy onion)
A. hyalinum is a compact, clump-forming, bulbous perennial with linear, mid to light green leaves and, in spring, umbels of glossy, white to pale pink flowers turning transparent with age.
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0.9m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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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 |
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0.9m max. height |
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1-2 years to maturity |
Other names: Allium ucrainicum, Wild leek, Wood garlic, Wild garlic, Ramsomes, Hog's garlic, Gipsy onion , Bear's garlic, Buckrams
A. ursinum is an edible, bulbous, perennial groundcover with linear, green leaves appearing in midwinter. It has white flowers in spring and then dies down in early summer.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium schoenoprasum 'Cha Cha' (Chives 'Cha Cha')
Other names: Onion grass 'Cha Cha'
'Cha Cha' is a clump-forming, bulbous perennial with linear, cylindrical, onion-scented, grey-green leaves and erect stems bearing small plantlets with short, slender, bright green leaves.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium schoenoprasum 'Forescate' (Chives 'Forescate')
'Forescate' is a vigorous, bulbous perennial forming a narrow clump of erect, cylindrical, onion-scented, dark green leaves and dense, rounded umbels of purple-pink flowers in early to midsummer.
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0.1m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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2-5 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 |
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0.6m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium siculum subsp. dioscoridis (Bulgarian honey garlic)
Other names: Nectaroscordum siculum subsp. bulgaricum, Allium meliophilum, Nectaroscordum meliophilum, Allium siculum subsp. bulgaricum, Allium bulgaricum
A. siculum subsp. dioscoridis is a clump-forming, deciduous, bulbous perennial with keeled, strap-shaped, mid-green leaves and sturdy, erect stems bearing umbels of pendent, green-flushed, purple-marked, creamy-white flowers in early summer. Flowers are followed by conical, pale brown seed capsules.
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0.1m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium (any bulbous, ornamental variety) (Allium (any bulbous, ornamental variety))
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Allium (any bulbous, ornamental variety) are bulbous, herbaceous perennials forming narrow clumps of erect, cylindrical or linear, onion-scented, green leaves and rounded umbels of white, pink, or purple flowers in spring, summer, or autumn.
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0.2m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Allium cepa var. aggregatum 'Golden Gourmet' (Shallot 'Golden Gourmet')
'Golden Gourmet' is a small bulbous perennial with strap-like green leaves cultivated as an edible vegetable with flavour somewhere between an onion and garlic. This is a French style variety forming oval, golden bulbs.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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less than 1 year to maturity |
Allium cepa var. aggregatum 'Red Sun' (Shallot 'Red Sun')
'Red Sun' is a small bulbous perennial, cultivated as an edible vegetable, with strap-like green leaves and an edible bulb with red tinged skin and a flavour somewhere between an onion and garlic.
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0.3m max. spread |
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0.3m max. height |
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less than 1 year to maturity |
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