Onion

Who doesn't love onions? And when you grow them yourself, you get the most tender, sweet ones possible. The sweetest onions don't last long in storage, but because of their mild flavor are great raw in salads or as a topper for grilled and cooked dishes. Storage onions are more pungent, but develop a sweeter flavor when cooked.

Green onions, also called scallions or spring onions, are just immature bulbing onions, harvested early. Leave them in the ground and they'll develop into regular onions.

Shallots are an onion relative with mild flavor and smaller bulbs. To ensure formation of large bulbs plant early in the season, and grow the correct type for your area. Grow long-day types in the north, and short-day types in the south. Or plant intermediate day types anywhere. Start onions from seed, transplants, or "sets," bundles of tiny immature onions.

Light:

Sun

Plant Type:

Vegetable

Plant Height:

4-24 inches tall

Plant Width:

1-5 inches wide

Top Varieties

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'Ambition' shallot

produces divided bulbs with reddish copper skin and white flesh. 90 days
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'Candy Hybrid' onion

is a mild-flavored yellow intermediate-day onion. It stores fairly well. 85 days
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'Copra Hybrid' onion

is a widely adapted long-day yellow storage onion that matures in 105 days. It is sweeter than most other storage onions.
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'Evergreen Hardy White' scallion

is a perennial you plant in spring or fall. It's ready to harvest about 65 days after a spring planting.
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'Giant Red Hamburger' onion

bears dark red bulbs that are good for slicing. The interior flesh is white and sweet. It is best adapted to the South. 95 days
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'Redwing Hybrid' onion

has pungent, red-fleshed bulbs that store well. It's ready to harvest 110 days after planting.
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'Superstar Hybrid' onion

produces huge white bulbs that weigh up to 1 pound each. It is day-neutral so it can be planted anywhere. 100 days
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