
Allium cepa 'Rossa da Inverno Sel Rubino'
Amaryllidaceae
Allium cepa 'Rossa da Inverno Sel Rubino', Red Salad Onion
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Genus: Allium
An attractive red salad onion with a pleasant mild flavour. Plant in the spring and harvest in late summer. Due to its dryish nature, if it is dried carefully, it will store for five to six months.
• Hardiness: H5 (-10 to -15C)
• Type: Hardy Perennial
• Height: 60cm
• Spread: 50cm
Red Salad Onion is available to buy online as vegetable herb seeds.
• Soil type: Fertile Sand, Loam, Free Draining
• pH: Universal pH
• Habit: Clump
• Flowering colour:
• Flowering time:
• Uses: Culinary (Read Jekka's Guide To Culinary Herbs for more information)
• Attracts pollinators: No
• Container suitability: No
• UK native: No
• Caution: N/A
• Indoor Sowing: Sow in early spring in prepared plug trays or pots Transplant out when 3-5 leaves have established and all threat of frost has passed.
• Outdoor Sowing: From late spring to late summer direct sow 3 seeds every 2-5 cm in rows 15-20 cm apart. Repeat sowing every 3 weeks for continuous supply.
• Propagation: N/A
• Maintenance: (Read Jekka's Blogs on Early Spring, Late Spring and Autumn maintenance)
• Harvest: N/A
For information on growing herbs from seeds please see Jekka's blogs on sowing seeds, sowing your winter culinary herbs or how to grow vegetables.
Jekka's "How to Grow Herbs" videos, includes Jekka's video on how to sow seeds for an informative step-by-step guide to seed sowing.
Growing indoors? Check out Jekka's blog on indoor herb gardening for some advice.
If you require pots or compost, see Jekka's Herb Kits that includes Jekka's Seed Sowing Kit. This kit contains all you need to sow a collection of herb seeds.
For more information on growing herbs plants please see Jekkapedia, Jekka's blog or our FAQs page.
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Our herb seeds are also untreated and can be used to grow organic herb plants.
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