Onion

Long day. Very well-known globe-shaped heirloom onion that reaches a really huge size—5 lbs is rather common! The skin is a pale yellow and the flesh is relatively mild and sweet, so is recommended for fresh use—not a storage type. Introduced in 1887 by David Murray, gardener for the Marquis of Ailsa, at Culzean Castle in Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

80-120 days from seed; small bulbs mature in 30-40 days. Intermediate day. The name translates to Red Jewel, and this sweet red onion from Japan is celebrated for its mellow profile and noticeable lack of pungent flavor and odor. Its deep purple color continues through each layer. These plants reach 30 inches tall and the flattened, globe-shaped bulbs reach about 12 ounces on average. Excellent for raw eating or roasting.

Intermediate day. Introduced in 1897 by W. Atlee Burpee. This variety produces extra fine, large bulbs that have superb flavor! The yellow-brown roots are a standard on our farm for their sureness to produce quality.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Long day. First offered in 1870, Brunswick is a deep red-to-purple flattened type. Usually very mild and sweet, it nevertheless stores very well.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
• Allium cepa
  
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Intermediate day. Beautiful red cipollini-type, flat gourmet onion from Italy. It is bright red in color and very flat, perfect for fresh eating or cooking. This is a very old Italian variety that was mentioned by Vilmorin in 1885. A good choice for fresh market. Early.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Long day. This award-winning giant exhibition onion has a super sweet complex flavor and is a beauty! The flask-shaped orbs are wrapped in pale, straw-colored skin, and the flavor is divinely sweet with a spicy finish. It is perfect for raw eating, in salads, or for cooking, and is a good storage onion.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Average 40-50 days to maturity. A uniform and flavorful bunching onion, it is a popular and traditional Japanese variety for sukiyaki, soup and salads. Ishikura reaches enormous proportions (to two feet tall, one inch across) while remaining tender and scallion-like, never forming a bulb. A perfect heat- and cold-tolerant green that is a go-to choice to grow alongside Asian greens in the cool season! No garden should be without this easy-to-grow culinary staple!

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium fistulosum
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Long day (potentially intermediate). Our favorite red onion, this torpedo-shaped allium from the capital of Tuscany has a delectable, perfectly balanced flavor and grows exceptionally well indoors or outdoors at our farm in Missouri. The oblong shape makes for easier cutting and more uniform slices! The red bulbs are also packed with anthocyanin, a healthful antioxidant. These oblong, bright red onions are great for planting spring or fall; they are widely adapted and seem to do well in many areas. They are very mild and sweet, great for salads and pickling! A delicious Italian heirloom. Very rare.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Ships late summer/early fall.

Baker Creek Seeds is honored and proud to introduce the Shirley Hammond Multiplier onion. Shirley Floyd Hammond and her daughter Stephanie Tetterton shared this gorgeous, white-skinned variety with us. The onions have been a part of Shirley’s life for more than 75 years. She remembers her parents growing them in their garden in Horry County, S.C., and when Shirley got married in 1963, her dad helped her start a garden at her new home in Finklea, S.C. She and her husband, Jimmy, grew them every year, occasionally selling extras through the local feed and seed stores in nearby Loris, S.C., and Tabor City, N.C. Shirley loves to use these onions in roasts and stews, but with their mild flavor, they’re also great raw. 

These small, white-skinned onions are so productive – a single bulb will produce a clump of 7 to 15 onions. They can be planted in spring or fall in most climates. To save bulbs for replanting, pull and allow them to cure for a few weeks in a warm, airy place, away from direct sunlight, then store them in a cool, dry place.  

This sweet, white short-day onion has been proudly grown in the Lone Star State since 1944. The Grano onion was originally introduced to the U.S. in 1925 from Valencia, Spain. In the 1930s the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station began an onion breeding program; the Grano was trialled and selected for early maturation and extra-sweet flavor, and thus the Texas Early Grano was born. These extra-sweet and early Vidalia-type onions have a thin skin and supremely mild flavor, so sweet they can be eaten like an apple!

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Intermediate day. Long, tall bulbs are unique and popular with Mediterranean chefs. Harvest this gorgeous onion in mid-summer for your own delight, or sell this winner for top prices at market. They are a lovely shade of red. This heirloom from Tropea is rare in America.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

The ultimate salad onion, this flat white variety is crunchy and juicy, and drips with sweet onion flavor. This short-day onion hails from Nagasaki, Japan, and is considered an important variety in Japanese culture and cuisine. Named for a volcano that overlooks Nagasaki, Unzen is ideal for snacking, adding to salads or topping sandwiches. The roots are small, flattened and perfectly uniform. It is a traditional variety of this famous Japanese city on the island of Kyushu.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

The Galmi onion comes from the village of Galmi, a small community in the Ader Valley of southeast Niger. It is here where this flavorful onion was developed and is believed to have been grown for over 100 years, selected and passed down. It is now a popular onion in several other African countries, as well. Flat, thick bulbs are of good quality and are a beautiful pinkish-purple color; it also keeps well, making it a perfect choice as a short day onion.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Long day. This variety dates to the 1700s. Popular from New York to Bermuda, and it brought much wealth to the onion growers of New England, as well as to the Yankee traders who sold shiploads of it. The 1856 Comstock-Ferre catalog states, “It is the kind mostly grown at Wethersfield. It grows to large size, deep red, thick, approaching to round shape, fine-grained, pleasant flavored, and very productive. It ripens in September and keeps well.” It is a slightly flattened, deep blood-red onion of renowned quality. A true piece of horticultural Americana that deserves to be more widely grown.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Short day, medium-sized, round bulbs have a translucent white flesh that is very firm. This variety is an excellent choice for southern growers; forms perfect bulbs and has excellent storage quality. Excellent fresh or cooked, White Creole is a top choice for dehydrating and has a pungent flavor.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Allium cepa var. proliferum Perennial zones 3-9. A delectable, sweet, topsetting onion with snow-white flesh and skin. These will mature a bit earlier than the traditional Red Egyptian Walking onion. Ideal for permaculture gardens, edible landscaping, or a low-maintenance food crop! Also known as tree onions and perennial onions, the plants produce bulbs at both the top and bottom of the plant. You can harvest and eat all parts of the plant, including the bottom bulbs, stems, and bulbils, or mini bulbs, produced at the top of the 2- to 3-foot stalk. The weight of the top bulbils will eventually cause the plant to flop over in fall and take root in a new place just a few feet away. It truly “walks” across the garden over the years if you let it! Bulbs should be planted immediately upon receiving. A truly care-free perennial vegetable!

This product does not ship outside the US. 

(Allium cepa var. proliferum) Perennial zones 3-9. A delectable, sweet, topsetting onion with snow-white flesh and skin. These will mature a bit earlier than the traditional Red Egyptian Walking onion. Ideal for permaculture gardens, edible landscaping, or a low-maintenance food crop! Also known as tree onions and perennial onions, the plants produce bulbs at both the top and bottom of the plant. You can harvest and eat all parts of the plant, including the bottom bulbs, stems, and bulbils, or mini bulbs, produced at the top of the 2- to 3-foot stalk. The weight of the top bulbils will eventually cause the plant to flop over in fall and take root in a new place just a few feet away. It truly “walks” across the garden over the years if you let it! Bulbs should be planted immediately upon receiving. A truly care-free perennial vegetable!

This product does not ship outside the US. 

Long day. Large, golden onions are oblong globe-shaped. This late onion makes an excellent keeper; a rare and hard-to-find Italian variety.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Long day. One of the best yellow onion varieties. Excellent choice for beginner gardeners, this is one of the easiest and most adaptable onions to grow. The large fruit easily grows to 1 pound each and with good storage quality. Large Sweet Spanish is a staple for the home gardener and market farmer looking for a reliable and flavorful heirloom onion.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

(Cuisse de Poulet du Poitou) Long day type. Gorgeous heirloom French eschalion or “banana” type shallot yields plump, long, torpedo-shaped bulbs. Bulbs are brown tinged with pink. The flesh is very mild and sweet, and large yields may be had starting the first year from an early planting. Excellent keeping quality makes these gourmet shallots useful over a very long season!

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.

Short day. Famous in Italy as the Cipolla di Tropea, it is grown on the clay cliffs descending Mount Poro. It was brought to Calabria by the Greeks, who discovered it via the Assyrians and Babylonians. Deep purple, rounded and at times elongated, bulbs have an extraordinary sweetness and amazing delicate scent with a light and enjoyable taste. Much sought after by gourmet chefs, it can also be baked, boiled, and used as a filling for omelettes. In Tropea, it is also used to produce a delicious onion marmalade.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 7-14 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 45-80 Degrees F
• Seed Depth: 1/4"
• Plant Spacing: 4-6"
• Frost Hardy: Yes
  
• Allium cepa
  

Growing Tips: Usually started indoors 8-12 weeks in advance of planting out, typically 3-4 weeks ahead of last spring frost. Does best in rich, moist soil.