🧅 Walking Onion (Egyptian Onion)
Allium × proliferum
vegetables
perennial
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
low to moderate
🗺️ Zones
[3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
well-drained, tolerates poor
📏 Spacing
8-12 inches
📐 Height
2-3 ft
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone
🤝 Companions (3)
Allium scent confuses carrot fly
Space-efficient interplanting; allium deters slugs from lettuce
Walking onion's upright growth doesn't shade strawberries; allium repels slugs
⚠️ Keep Apart (1)
⚠️ bean/pea
Alliums inhibit legumes
📝 Growing Notes
The onion that WALKS. Instead of flowers, it produces a cluster of tiny onion bulblets at the top of a 2-3 ft stalk. The stalk bends over under their weight, the bulbils touch the ground, root, and start a new plant , 'walking' across your garden. Infinite onions, zero replanting.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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