Sweet Spanish Onions

Allium cepa 'Brunswick'

Onion, Sweet Spanish 'Brunswick'

Medium-sized onion with blood-red skin and white flesh of mild flavour. Excellent keeping qualities.

Sow March-April outdoors, and thin early. For very large onions, sow December/early January and transplant seedlings in spring. To...

Allium cepa 'Long Red Florence (Rossa Lunga di Firenze)'

Onion, Sweet Red 'Long Red Florence (Rossa Lunga di Firenze)'

The traditional torpedo shaped red onion from Florence in Italy. Very reliable producing good sized bulbs with deep purple red colour, or pull when young for lovely red spring onions.

Allium cepa 'Ailsa Craig'

Onion, Sweet Spanish 'Ailsa Craig'

Huge straw-yellow globes, some over 900 grams (2 lbs.), that are great for exhibition. Firm with mild, sweet flesh, it is a long keeping Spanish type. Fine textured, excellent for salads and sandwiches. Can be either spring or fall sown....

Allium cepa 'Ailsa Craig'

Onion, Sweet Spanish 'Ailsa Craig'

Huge straw-yellow globes, some over 900 grams (2 lbs.), that are great for exhibition. Firm with mild, sweet flesh, it is a long keeping Spanish type. Fine textured, excellent for salads and sandwiches. Can be either spring or fall sown. The...

Allium cepa 'Ailsa Craig Selected'

Onion, Sweet Spanish 'Ailsa Craig Selected'

Large attractive bulbs often used for exhibition. To ensure colour, shape and finish sow in January under glass at 18-21C (65-70F). Can also be sown outdoors in March and April. Not recommended for long storage.

Allium cepa 'Bunton's Showstopper'

Onion 'Bunton's Showstopper'

Award winning exhibition onion, perfected over a number of years by breeder Ken Bunton. Specially bred for good shape, a larger base and impeccable skin quality, with the bonus of a flavour that is mild, flavoursome and perfect for the...

Allium cepa 'Early California Red'

Onion, 'Early California Red'

The soft and mild flesh o fthis relatively early red onion makes for a fine fresh-eating onion. Bulbs are flattened globes, about 4 inches across. Not recommended for cold climates.

Allium cepa 'Granex Yellow PRR Hybrid'

Onion, Sweet, 'Granex Yellow PRR'

'Vidalia' type onion is very sweet and mild, but needs a long growing season. Best in South. 700 mg plants about 5 ft. About 170 days to harvesting.

Allium cepa 'Mixed Globes'

Onion, Sweet Storage 'Mixed Globes'

A special blend of various globe types, in both red and yellow.

Allium cepa 'Texas Early Grano'

Onion, 'Texas Early Grano'

This sweet, mild onion doesn't keep well in storage but that's no problem - you'll want to eat them as soon as they're harvested! Bulbs are shaped like a top and have straw-coloured skin over white flesh. Grows best in warmer climates.

Allium cepa 'Unwins Exhibition'

Onion, 'Unwins Exhibition'

Capable of growing to more than 7lb when pampered, it produces bulbs weighing 1lb wtih the minimum care. Bred by Unwins, this very large strain has a mild flavour and is wonderful fried or used in salads and sandwiches. Let us know if you grow...

Allium cepa 'White Queen'

Onion 'White Queen'

As easy to grow as spring onions and very versatile with a sweet but quite pungent flavour. Harvest when bulbs look like flattened golf balls. Can be eaten sliced in salads, cooked whole or in parts in casseroles or pickled in vinegar.

Allium cepa 'Yellow Sweet Spanish'

Onion 'Yellow Sweet Spanish'

Globe shape, yellow. Popular because of large size and mild flavor. Remain very solid in storage.

Allium cepa 'Yellow Utah Jumbo'

Onion, Sweet, 'Yellow Utah Jumbo'

Big, mild, sweet slices! Firm and large, bulbs keep well for several months. Best in North. 1.7 g plants about 16 ft. About 115 days to harvesting.