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Allium fistulosum, the Welsh onion, also commonly called bunching onion, long green onion, Japanese bunching onion, and spring onion, is a species of perennial plant, often considered to be a kind of scallion. The species is very similar in taste and odor to the related common onion, Allium cepa, and hybrids between the two (tree onions) exist.
Here's how to grow onions in your own garden, including growing onions from seed and growing from food scraps, and when to pick them in the spring.
Allium flavum (yellow) and Allium carinatum (purple). Allium is a large genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants with around 1000 accepted species, [4] [5] making Allium the largest genus in the family Amaryllidaceae and amongst the largest plant genera in the world. [6]
Scallions (also known as green onions and spring onions) are edible vegetables of various species in the genus Allium. Scallions generally have a milder taste than most onions . Their close relatives include garlic , shallots , leeks , chives , [ 1 ] and Chinese onions . [ 2 ]
Onion bulb begins to elongate 53: 503: 30% of the expected length of flower stem reached 55: 505: Flower stem at full length; sheath closed 57: 507: Sheath burst open 59: 509: First flower petals visible; flowers still closed 6: Flowering 60: 600: First flowers open (sporadically) 61: 601: Beginning of flowering: 10% of flowers open 62: 602: 20 ...
Deciduous perennials shed their leaves when growing conditions are no longer suitable for photosynthesis, such as when it is too cold or dry. In many parts of the world, seasonality is expressed as wet and dry periods rather than warm and cold periods, and deciduous perennials lose their leaves in the dry season.
Allium cernuum is a herbaceous perennial growing from an unsheathed elongated conical bulb which gradually tapers directly into several keeled (thin and flat) grass-like leaves, 2–4 millimetres (3 ⁄ 32 – 5 ⁄ 32 inch) in width.
Allium validum is a species of flowering plant commonly called swamp onion, wild onion, Pacific onion, or Pacific mountain onion. It is native to the Cascade Range , the Sierra Nevada , the Rocky Mountains , and other high-elevation regions in California , Oregon , Washington , Nevada , Idaho and British Columbia .