Scallions 'Rossa Lunga di Firenze'

  • Product number: 303901
  • Origin: Mediterranean region
  • Latin: Allium cepa

Harvested early, this is a fresh and slightly spicy red salad onion. This originally Mediterranean variety thrives here! Thin them out and let them grow into long, purple-red onions, also known as shallot-onions: the traditional onion variety from Florence, spicy yet quite sweet!

Names:
Latin: Allium cepa
Dutch: Bosuien
Also: Bosuitjes, Lente-Uitjes or Sla-Uitjes
English: Spring Onion

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Sowing method: Pre-sow from March and plant out as seedlings, or sow in rows from mid-April (enriched with potting compost). Growing distance for spring onions 30x4 cm, thin out if necessary to 30x20 cm for growth into large onions.

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Sowing/planting time:

  • March
  • April

Harvesting time:

  • June
  • July
  • August

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

  • Sun
  • Flower colour: White flowers in umbels
  • Origin: Mediterranean region
  • Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Annual
  • Attractive to insects: N/A
  • Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Easy
  • Latin: Allium cepa
  • Dutch: Scallions
  • Also known as: Scallions
  • English: Spring Onion
  • All year round

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