Easy-to-grow in warm soil this ancient herb has strongly aromatic and flavourful seeds and leaves which are universally popular for their well-recognized culinary as well as medicinal properties. The seeds and leaves are widely used in Indian food as they have a strong aroma and a bitter but pleasant taste and when used in small quantities impart a delicious flavour to food. It is commonly used in curries, vegetable dishes and dals. Traditionally, it has been used to cure digestive problems and to improve breast milk secretion in the nursing mothers. ... Learn More

This traditional favourite, named after a small island off the Scottish coast, has a distinctive globe shape with straw coloured skin and white flesh. The bulbs can grow very large and be used for exhibition, while their tolerance to cool weather while growing makes them very reliable. ... Learn More

A traditional Italian variety (known as Cipollini in Italy) with paper-thin, golden skin and firm flesh. The flat shaped bulbs with have a lovely, sweet flavour and are traditionally pickled with sweet balsamic vinegar and sold in Italian delicatessens. They are delicious braised, roasted whole in the oven or cooked in a little butter on the stove top. ... Learn More

A very early hybrid Japanese overwintering variety. Hardy and resilient, it produces globe shaped, uniform bulbs with a good colour to the skin. Good bolting tolerance. ... Learn More

A productive Japanese salad onion, with dark green, erect foliage. Ideal for spring and early summer sowings. Can be left to bulk up for a bulb onion. ... Learn More

A straw coloured variety from Hungary that produces large, broadly oval shaped bulbs. Can be used raw in salads or cooked in a variety of dishes. Bulbs typically weigh 250-350 grams from a spring sowing, but weights can reach up to 1kg if sown in early December, making it ideal for competition and exhibitions. ... Learn More

This superb open-pollinated variety produces flattened globe-shaped red skinned onions. The flesh is white with a sweet taste, alternating with rings of deep crimson. It works equally well in salads or for cooking and gives heavy crops which store well over long periods. ... Learn More

Lilia onions have a beautiful shiny, intense red inner core with dark green leaves. With their pungent flavour they make a colourful and tasty addition to summer salads. This variety has the added benefit of being able to be grown as a main crop (thin to 15cm (6") apart) or leave to mature as small red bulb onions in September. When fully mature it shows off its defined red and white inner rings. ... Learn More

This Tuscany heirloom has long red bottle-shaped bulbs with an excellent mild-sweet flavour, so is particularly suited for use raw in salads. Can either be pulled young as spring onions or allowed to mature for August cropping. ... Learn More

An attractive and versatile onion with a mild flavour and crisp flesh. Eat them as spring onions or leave them to bulk up to red onion size with a rich crimson colour and round generous bulbs. An excellent companion plant for carrots to deter carrot fly. ... Learn More

Paris Silverskin is an easy to grow, dual purpose onion grown mainly for pickling. Fast maturing and producing good crops of small, sweet and crisp silvery white onions which can be pulled young to add zing to salads, or, if left to mature to small onions, are ideal for pickling or using whole in casseroles. Can be grown in pots and containers. ... Learn More

This excellent Dutch variety has uniform-sized, large, globe-shaped bulbs with thin necks, which have a firm straw coloured skin, pure white flesh and good flavour. They have excellent quality, high yields and very good storage life, and from an August harvest, they keep well throughout winter until March. ... Learn More

A Rijnsburger type that is one of the first varieties to be resistant to downy mildew. Globe shaped bulbs with good quality coppery, golden skin. Fast maturing but slow to bolt, providing early and maincrop harvests with firm flesh that store well. ... Learn More

Red skinned variety which produces elongated pinky red bulbs with an outstanding sweet flavour. Continental type very popular in France and Southern Europe. Perfect as a raw slicer. ... Learn More

A high yielding variety with very upright leaves and dark green foliage suitable for both spring and autumn sowings. Can be harvested as they begin to bulb or leave them longer to form pure white almost spherical bulbs. Good cold tolerance. Suitable for salads or cooking, their delicious tang increases over time. ... Learn More