About
A robust early onion variety that produces smooth, round bulbs with a golden hue. It has excellent storage capabilities.
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
- Sand, Loam, Chalk
- Soil pH
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbs - Culinary, Bulbs
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0-0.1 metre
- Time to full height
- 1 year
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Thin plants to 15cm apart. Water in dry weather and feed every two weeks with a general purpose fertiliser. Cease watering and feeding once bulbs have swollen in mid-summer. Onions can be harvested as soon as they're big enough to use. See advice profiles for onions and shallots for further information
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed or by onion sets. See how to grow: onions or sowing vegetable seeds
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to onion fly and allium leaf miner
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to onion white rot, leek rust and onion downy mildew