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Award-winning onion & shallot collection
Award-winning onion & shallot collection

Award-winning onion & shallot collection

RHS AGM onion collection

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Essential ingredients in many savoury dishes, the cultivars in this collection have all been awarded the prestigious Award of Garden...

1 × collection | 112 sets
£14.99 £0.13 each
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Plant description

Essential ingredients in many savoury dishes, the cultivars in this collection have all been awarded the prestigious Award of Garden Merit after being assessed by a panel of judges at the RHS.

Sets are the easiest way to grow shallots in the garden. Planted very early in the season, in mid-February if possible, they mature faster than those grown from seed.

What's included:

This award winning onion and shollot collection contains the following:

  • 50 x onion 'Red Baron': A mid-late maturing variety with flattish-round bulbs of a beautiful dark red colour. An excellent cropper producing attractive, firm well flavoured bulbs which keep well. 'Red Baron' also makes an attractive addition in the salad bowl.

  • 50 x onion 'Sturon': A flavourful variety which produces round, straw-coloured onions that mature in August. 'Sturon' is a good cropper with high yields - and it also keeps well.

  • 12 x shallot 'Golden Gourmet': A very high yielding, Dutch variety that can be harvested as early as July. It has a golden brown skin, stores well and has better resistance to bolting than many other varieties. The mild flavour of 'Golden Gourmet' makes it excellent for pickling.

Plant features

Position

Full sun

Rate of growth

Average

Soil

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness

Fully hardy

How to care for Award-winning onion and shallot collection:

Plant onion sets from mid-February to March, 15cm (6in) apart in rows 30cm (12in) apart. Lift the onions when they are mature and allow them to dry before using. Store the fully ripened, sound bulbs in nets or trays and you can use them throughout the autumn and winter.

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