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Nodding Onion growing in a garden

How to grow nodding onion

Allium cernuum

When to plant nodding onion

NC State Extension says nodding onion is easiest to propagate by dividing its bulblets, and it also self-sows. Set out bulbs or divisions in spring or fall in well-drained soil; the bulb is edible but the plant is grown mainly for its flowers.

Nodding Onion is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.

Growing conditions

Lifecycle
Perennial
Spacing
6 to 12 in apart
Sun
Full sun
Soil pH
6 to 8

Common problems

  • bulb mites
  • spreads by offsets and seed

Sources

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