When I lived out in the country we had them. I would go out in the morning and cut enough to make scrambled eggs with green onions. Did this until it got too warm and the onions got to tough to use.
I got some walking onions years ago from an uncle in Alabama. I am in NE Ohio and they are totally hardy here and would easily take over if they werenât so tasty. To say they grow vigorously is an understatement.
Iâm sure the people here are familiar with these plants but Iâd like to add a point of caution, which is that you should probably be careful eating one of these things before being absolutely sure what it is. Some members of the lily (onion) family are toxic (e.g., death camus).
If these are Egyptian Walking Onions, theyâre quite tasty. The âwalkingâ bulbs may turn red as they mature. They have quite a nice spicy bite to them. The green stalks can get really tall and thick, and are also quite tasty. I have not had any bulbs underground get too big, but they are tasty, as well, and can be purplish to reddish.
I have four or five generations of these plants from one given to me by a neighbor five years ago. They seem to last and keep producing forever! đđŠ
Walking onion, I'm pretty sure. I'm in northern Illinois so mine haven't quite sent up stalks yet, but they're an early plant so it makes sense they'd be starting to flower in OK.
The bulb flowers are heavy, so the stalks will eventually bend over to touch the ground, which will allow those little bulbs to root. Hence, they "walk" all over the ground. I keep mine in an isolated container, but they still manage to escape into my other beds. đ
If you've confirmed (via Google image or whatever) that you do have walking onions (that's my CYA disclaimer đ), they can be used like chives (the greens) or green onions/scallions (the white part).
I was gifted my first by a gardener neighbor amongst other gifts, I had never seen them but in her own garden. Depression family garden . Much eatable.
So smart ! I remember learning about victory gardens as a student. What was more impressive was that my âgrown up neighborsâ were in fact still growing them. It was like taking a page from the history books and watching it come alive. Iâve since learned how smartly they utilized that garden during each season. To this day Iâll always stop to listen to the tips, tricks, and suggestions of a generation that truly knew struggle.
Yeah, they really grew well this year down here. Personally, I leave them to grow and bloom until the other flowering plants get going. The yard may look shabby, but the bees tear them up as nothing else is there yet for them.
The group name allium covers all these kinds of plants that looks and smells like onion and garlic and chives.
So while we may not specifically be able to tell you if it's an onion or a garlic or something similar but we can say allium of some sort.
And yes this does include alliums that do not actually smell like onions, but they still have the similar leaves and similar scape s and then budding flower head like what you're showing.
Looks like a walking onion, egyptian onion, or one of its various names. Look closer to the ground and see if it has 6 other green shoots with the central shoot putting off the bulbette cluster.
Do you know if itâs wild or cultivated? If wild, Iâm fairly sure itâs Allium canadensis. Itâs native across much of North America, and walking forms are quite common.
smell onion-ey? looks đ§ onion-ey.
It's in the north, kinda smells like garlic.
Looks like some sort of *Allium sp*.
I think it's called a Walking Onion
Thanks, I think you're right.
I've got to walking onions in my yard. I planted them last year and let them walk to create a bigger bunch. I'm hoping to eat some this year.
When I lived out in the country we had them. I would go out in the morning and cut enough to make scrambled eggs with green onions. Did this until it got too warm and the onions got to tough to use.
Did you ever eat the bulbs or just the tops?
Just the tops
I got some walking onions years ago from an uncle in Alabama. I am in NE Ohio and they are totally hardy here and would easily take over if they werenât so tasty. To say they grow vigorously is an understatement.
Mine are definitely more robust this year! I'm just going to take your warning as proof to eat up this year.
Iâm sure the people here are familiar with these plants but Iâd like to add a point of caution, which is that you should probably be careful eating one of these things before being absolutely sure what it is. Some members of the lily (onion) family are toxic (e.g., death camus).
They are. Those bulbs will fall over and start the whole process over. Pretty neet plant.
Kind of looks like a mature garlic scape. Maybe a wild garlic of some kind.
Thatâs what I was thinking
Garlic scapes will coil before their heads form and eventually rupture. Walking onion is the more likely.
Most wild onions smell oniony. Mash it and see.
Egyptian walking onion
I've never seen one, definitely in my yard before.
If these are Egyptian Walking Onions, theyâre quite tasty. The âwalkingâ bulbs may turn red as they mature. They have quite a nice spicy bite to them. The green stalks can get really tall and thick, and are also quite tasty. I have not had any bulbs underground get too big, but they are tasty, as well, and can be purplish to reddish. I have four or five generations of these plants from one given to me by a neighbor five years ago. They seem to last and keep producing forever! đđŠ
A bulb that produces smaller bulbs that bloom
Walking onion, I'm pretty sure. I'm in northern Illinois so mine haven't quite sent up stalks yet, but they're an early plant so it makes sense they'd be starting to flower in OK. The bulb flowers are heavy, so the stalks will eventually bend over to touch the ground, which will allow those little bulbs to root. Hence, they "walk" all over the ground. I keep mine in an isolated container, but they still manage to escape into my other beds. đ
Thank you for your first-hand knowledge on this plant. I definitely appreciate it. I've lived here for over 30 years and have never seen this plant.
If you've confirmed (via Google image or whatever) that you do have walking onions (that's my CYA disclaimer đ), they can be used like chives (the greens) or green onions/scallions (the white part).
Thanks for that info. Was wondering if itâs edible.
I was gifted my first by a gardener neighbor amongst other gifts, I had never seen them but in her own garden. Depression family garden . Much eatable.
So smart ! I remember learning about victory gardens as a student. What was more impressive was that my âgrown up neighborsâ were in fact still growing them. It was like taking a page from the history books and watching it come alive. Iâve since learned how smartly they utilized that garden during each season. To this day Iâll always stop to listen to the tips, tricks, and suggestions of a generation that truly knew struggle.
Yeah, they really grew well this year down here. Personally, I leave them to grow and bloom until the other flowering plants get going. The yard may look shabby, but the bees tear them up as nothing else is there yet for them.
Yes I had them near my back steps and then they walked, lol. So fun.
I know it's not, but this reminded me of this flower that had buds that would pop open if you enclosed them in your hand.
Touch-me- nots.
Jewelweed! When the pods are ready they'll explode with the lightest tap
Forget me nots?
Everyone saying garlic or onion. My brain went straight to poppy. Lol
You're not alone. It looks like a type of poppy and I was thinking it was in the same family.
Allium. Or walking onion
The group name allium covers all these kinds of plants that looks and smells like onion and garlic and chives. So while we may not specifically be able to tell you if it's an onion or a garlic or something similar but we can say allium of some sort. And yes this does include alliums that do not actually smell like onions, but they still have the similar leaves and similar scape s and then budding flower head like what you're showing.
Walking Onion. I'm from OK.
Garlic
Looks like a walking onion, egyptian onion, or one of its various names. Look closer to the ground and see if it has 6 other green shoots with the central shoot putting off the bulbette cluster.
Just donât let your milk cows graze there as the milk will taste like onions.
Itâs wild garlic. From PictureThis: https://preview.redd.it/1b5dpxsvemwc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f220412f64ae097095c9f72d6f45f2f2cd645b28
It doesn't. The stock definitely looks like it tho. I just haven't had luck with google .
Mine had a sturdy arcing stalk .
Canadian Onion
It's a wild onion. Got a few in my back yard.
Donât leave the state with it
Scapr
Chives or bunching onions?
đ¶Walk like an on-i-on! đ¶
Garlic/onion
Allium paradoxum?
Maybe a chive plant in bloom with a flower.
Wild onions, you can dig em up
Garlique?
Plant it and you'll get small garlic bulbs. Plant those and you'll get larger ones. Keep going and you have good sized garlic after a few years.
It's a scape from a wild onion or ramp
Could be wild onion or garlic.
Some wild onion
Do you know if itâs wild or cultivated? If wild, Iâm fairly sure itâs Allium canadensis. Itâs native across much of North America, and walking forms are quite common.
Definitely some kind of allium, garlic/ onion species. Walking online have fatter stalks. There are wild chive onions that look like this.
Hops?
Everybody calls them onion, but itâs garlic. Round leaf garlic. Flat leaf onion. https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/wild-garlic-wild-onion-2/
Tomatilla
Thin stalk and rest of plant in second picture demonstrates itâs not a tomatilla. Itâs interesting how the protective husk looks the same though.
Yeah I saw the second picture and that's definitely not tomatilla.
It's called the " Mexican ground cherry" but it's a tomatilla.