Egyptian Tree Onions

Remember the wild abandon of these plants?

Welcome to the plant known as Egyptian tree onion, walking onion, and tree onion, as well as other names.

We planted ours several years ago, and, for the most part, have alternately weeded and ignored them.  Finally, this year, as we make plans to clean up the original potato bed, we needed to harvest the entire crop.  The entire area will be thoroughly tilled and hopefully compost added before next year's planting.

First, the lovely bulbils...

Then the onions themselves, which remind me more of shallots in size and their property of dividing every year.

Either part can be eaten.  They are a bit spicier than a regular onion.

To read more about the tree onion, check out this link.  If you are interested in purchasing some (either for eating as a spicy onion or to plant your own perennial onion crop), please leave a comment or email us!