About
Allium cepa 'Apache' PBR features a rich deep purple skin and offers a mild taste along with a crunchy texture. This variety matures quickly, allowing for harvest as soon as six weeks after sowing. It thrives in both garden beds and containers, making it versatile for various growing conditions.
About the genus
Allium consists of bulbous herbaceous perennials characterized by a pronounced onion or garlic aroma. They feature linear, strap-like, or cylindrical leaves that arise from the base. The flowers, which can be star-shaped or bell-shaped, are arranged in an umbel atop a stem that lacks leaves.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H3
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbs - Culinary, Bulbs
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1 year
- Suggested uses
- Patio and container plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in fertile, moist but well drained soil in full sun, in a sheltered site. Sow seeds from late Winter to mid-Summer at 3 weekly intervals. Sow thinly at 0.6cm deep in drills 15cm apart. No thinning required. See Vegetable Cultivation
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed. See sowing vegetable seeds
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free. Birds may be a problem
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to onion white rot and onion downy mildew