Considered one of the oldest cultivated plants, onions are thought to have originated in Central Asia. They have been cultivated for 5,000 years, but were likely consumed long before that because, ...

I noticed onion flowers and garlic flowers in my garden last summer. What caused this, and, in the future, should I remove the flowering stems or let them bloom? Onions are biennial, which means they ...

The spherical umbels of onions consist of hundreds of individual flowers that open successively. Onion flowers are protandrous—the anthers of an individual flower mature and shed pollen before the ...

Question: I planted onion and leek starts last fall to overwinter. Now they are putting up blossoms and the inside is all fibrous. What did I do wrong? Answer: All onions and leeks are biennial, ...

The allium family, which includes vegetables like onions, garlic, and leeks, is a foundation of virtually every cuisine. Though less common than bulb onions, chives and green onions can pull double ...