What it is
Green Onion (Scallion) (Allium fistulosum) is in the Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis) family. Cut the green tops and they regrow — one of the most forgiving crops, even on a windowsill.
How to grow it
It wants full sun to part shade, water it even, and give it average soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–7.0. Space plants about 2 in apart. Expect roughly 60–80. Cool & mild seasons.
How it's used
Green Onion (Scallion) is used: raw, cooked, garnish.
🔎 How to identify it
- Slender hollow green leaves
- No real bulb
- Clumping habit
Edibility
PartsWhole plant
UsesRaw, cooked, garnish
CautionNone.
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Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.