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Welsh Onion
Allium fistulosum
Hardy reliable perennial bunching onion with edible stems and leaf in spring and summer.
PLANT TYPE Vegetable
PLANT HABIT Perennial
USES Culinary, Pollinators, Ornamental
DESCRIPTION
Hardy reliable perennial bunching onion provides edible stems and leaf in spring and summer. Can be used for salads, garnishes and cooking.
Also known as Welsh bunching onion, Japanese bunching onion, Japanese leek and stone leek. Happy in full sun.
Height 50 – 60cm
RECOMMENDED LOCATION Pot, Kitchen garden, Forest garden, Wildlife garden, Ornamental garden
Aspect Full sun
Height 45cm
Spread 10cm
Hardiness Hardy in UK WInter
Management and care Requires little management other than dividing clumps from time to time.
Origin/history
Allium fistulosum is not known in the wild. It appears to have been derived from a wild species, Allium altaicum, native to southern Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China.
Allium fistulosum has been cultivated in China, Japan and Korea for centuries and is the primary onion used there. “Welsh” not actually having anything to do with Wales, but actually a Northern European Middle Ages derivation of “foreign”, as in, “We don’t know where this is from but it’s definitely not from around here”.
