Saturday 24 November 2012

Alliums that never say die


Japanese Onions - a bit battered and flat after the gales and heavy rain



Spring Onions from last year - still going strong


The garlic that disappeared earlier in the year has decided to re-grow - a little bonus!

13 comments:

  1. All water-resistant varieties, I take it? :)

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  2. I only grow red onions. They are all now sitting quietly in a cardboard box awaiting their destiny.

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    1. For some reason I don't like red onions cooked - only raw in salad, mine didn't do too well this year.

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    2. Our red onions were a disaster this year - basically no harvest!

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  3. I don't think there are any signs of our winter onions yet - well there wasn't on our last plot visit!

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    1. I am not sure why these have grown so well - especially after the neighbourhood cat dug them up several times.

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  4. Battered or not, your Onions look in very good condition. Although the weather has been wet I think the mildish temperature could be having an effect. Mine are submerged at the moment, again?

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  5. My onions were rubbish this year, and here are your's still going strong even after the battering they've had this weekend. They must be made of strong stuff.

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  6. One of my new neighbours has given me a Welsh onion which is currently still in a pot while I work out where to plant it. My spring onions aren't nearly as big as yours, but they seem to be surviving the torrential rain.

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  7. Amazing what tough customers plants are Elaine - we wouldn't look as good if we had been standing out there in all the wet stuff that we've had this year!

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  8. Looking good. I wish that I could grow decent spring onions! Flighty xx

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  9. The allium are certainly a versatile plant frost and drought hardy.

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