Welsh Onion

Welsh Onions will grow to between 60cm and 90cm tall; they can be picked from early summer onwards as a hardier and earlier alternative to spring onions. The leaves can be used like chives. They will flower in their second year. Perennial

🌱 Seasonal Growing Guide

LATE WINTER/SPRING:  sow in trays with warmth (15°-21°C) in late winter/early spring or direct into the soil after the frosts have passed.  Divide established clumps every three years.

SUMMER: keep well-watered, you can start harvesting from established clumps. 

AUTUMN: continue harvesting.  Mulch with some well-rotted manure or similar.

WINTER: continue to harvest until ground freezes.

Use like spring onions in salad and stir fry.  The leaves can be used like chives.  The flowers are edible (and loved by bees too)

📌USES:

WILDLIFE FRIENDLY

• The flowers are loved by bees

CULINARY

• Use like spring onions or scallions in salad and stir fry: this 'white form of Welsh Onion has a milder flavour
• The leaves can be used like chives in salads or for cooking - these can be picked almost all year round except when flowering or the weather is very cold
• The flowers are edible - pick them while they are still young and green and nip out the centre and that leaves you with little flowers with an onion flavour!