Egyptian Walking onions are an enjoyable, highly visual crop to add to garden beds or containers. As with other Allium species, Egyptian walking onions self-propagate and require very little care once established.
When planting onions in the fall, select varieties suitable to your climate. Short-day varieties begin producing bulbs when day length reaches 12 hours while long-day varieties require 14-16 hours of daylight before beginning bulbing.
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Egyptian walking onions, or Allium × proliferum, are primarily valued for their tall stalks topped with bulbils, rather than traditional flowers. While they can add structural interest to flower gardens, viable seeds are rare, and their ornamental appeal is in their form. Proper management is essential to prevent them from looking untidy.
Continue readingEgyptian Walking Onions (Allium x proliferum) are perennial plants that thrive in cold-hardy gardens, featuring clusters of bulbils atop their stems that develop into heavier bulbs that eventually fall to the ground and root into new locations – an effective self-propagating onion variety which makes them great additions to perennial beds.
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Continue readingEgyptian Walking Onions (Allium x proliferum) are easy-to-grow perennials that produce both onions greens and bulbs above ground, making them suitable for edible landscapes, permaculture food forests and raised garden rows.
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