Spring onions
Spring onions: Sowing, planting and harvest calendar
Spring onion is a fresh onion valued for its tender base and green foliage with an onion flavour. This culinary name can cover young Allium cepa or bunching onions of Allium fistulosum. It therefore does not establish one species for every plant. These forms belong to the genus Allium, alongside garlic, leeks and other onions. These alliums belong to the amaryllis family.The silhouette combines tubular green leaves with a paler lower portion. This base consists of overlapping leaf sheaths that create a small false stem. It may remain cylindrical, like a miniature leek, or show a slight swelling. Depending on the cultivar, the lower part is white or tinged with purple.A large dry bulb is not what defines a spring onion in cooking. Young Allium cepa onions may later develop a more substantial bulb. Bunching onions generally remain more cylindrical, and some form clumps. This difference explains why not all…
