Allium cepa ‘Bunching Onions’
(sold as Red Baron, white/off white Bunching, Lisbon, Lisbon Winter Hardy, Evergreen white/off white)
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Common name: BUNCHING ONION
Native to: Not Known In The Wild
Plant
Types: biennial, perennial
Forms: erect, tufted
Max height: 1.75 feet
Max width: 0.30 feet
Flower
white/off white
Leaf
green
Horticulture
Attracts wildlife: adult butterfly, bee, specific butterfly species
Seedling days to mature: 110
Edible: vegetable
Exposure: sun
Propagates by: seed
flowers in summer
Soil type: average
USDA Zones: zone 5 to -20 f, zone 6 to -10 f, zone 7 to 0 f, zone 8 to +10 f, zone 9 to +20 f
Temp. range: -20 to +30 °F
Water: dry, regular
Butterflies that feed on this plant
Listed here are useful and vetted list of varieties of garden bulbs for growing BUNCHING ONIONS:
Red Baron
white/off white Bunching
Lisbon -- GREEN ONION, JIBBLES, SCALLION
Lisbon Winter Hardy -- GREEN ONION, JIBBLES, SCALLION
Evergreen white/off white -- GREEN BUNCHING, SCALLION
Flowering onions appeal to these nectar-feeding butterflies:
Abaeis nicippe
Aglais urticae
Ascia monuste
Euphydryas chalcedona
Euptoieta claudia
Hesperia sassacus
Hylephila phyleus
Junonia coenia
Nathalis iole
Panoquina panoquin
Papilio glaucus
Papilio xuthus
Pholisora catullus
Piruna pirus
Poanes melane
Poanes zabulon
Vanessa cardui
