Elsye onion
Allium cepa 'Elsye'
USDA zones5 to 10
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Habit
- Arching
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Yellow, pink
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Elsye' onion (Allium cepa 'Elsye') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. It is one of the more cold-hardy crops and can keep growing through light freezes with some winter protection. This plant likes full sun and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. The fragrant plant bears yellow and pink blooms in early to late spring and again in early to late summer.
Pairs well with Thyme, Habanero habanero pepper, and Blue Fortune Bill Williams Mountain giant hyssop.