Walla Walla Sweet onion
Allium cepa 'Walla Walla Sweet'
USDA zones5 to 10
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
- Habit
- Arching
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Yellow, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Walla Walla Sweet' onion (Allium cepa 'Walla Walla Sweet') is a vegetable for food gardens, borders, and containers. 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 tend to pass it by. It takes 125 days to reach maturity.
Pairs well with Salad burnet, Fennel, and Crimson clover.