Onion (Allium cepa 'Crystal White Wax') in the Onions Database - Garden.org

Header

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Water Preferences:	Mesic
Flower Time:	Summer
Underground structures:	Bulb
Uses:	Vegetable
Dynamic Accumulator:	K (Potassium) Ca (Calcium) Na (Sodium)
Resistances:	Deer Resistant
Pollinators:	Bees Various insects

Common names

Onion

Comments:

Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Jun 4, 2013 8:14 AM concerning plant:

In my youth this was known as the "Bermuda" onion. It grew reasonably well in Virginia, but tended to be somewhat small and a poor keeper. It is a sweet white onion, which tends to be flat in shape.

Reply to this comment

Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms	From February 20, 2018 to February 23, 2018	Seeds sown indoors no heat

» Post your own event for this plant

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Onions Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Onions (Allium cepa)

« The Onions Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Garden.org Homepage

Help using the site

Terms of Service

Getting Started Gardening

© 1972 - 2025 National Gardening Association

Times are presented in US Central Standard Time

Today's site banner is by bootandall and is called "Sisyrinchium"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.