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Every Allium variety, A to Z
The complete Allium list, the genus most gardeners know as ornamental onion — all 56 varieties in the Sow catalog, alphabetically. For the ones gardeners actually plant most, start from the Allium hub instead.
A2
- Allium Little SapphireAllium x hybrida 'Little Sapphire'
- Allium Windy CityAllium x hybrida 'Windy City'
B2
- Blue Eddy AlliumAllium senescens 'Blue Eddy'
- Blue Globe OnionAllium caeruleum
C6
- California White GarlicAllium sativum 'California White'
- Canada OnionAllium canadense
- Canada OnionAllium canadense 'White Flag'
- ChivesAllium schoenoprasum
- Chivette ChivesAllium 'Chivette'
- Cipollini OnionAllium cepa 'Cipollini Borrettana'
D1
- Drumstick AlliumAllium sphaerocephalon
E3
- Egyptian Walking OnionAllium x proliferum
- Egyptian Walking OnionAllium cepa 'Egyptian Walking Onion'
- Elephant GarlicAllium ampeloprasum
G13
- GarlicAllium sativum
- Garlic ChivesAllium tuberosum
- German GarlicAllium senescens 'Ornamental Onion'
- German GarlicAllium glaucum
- German GarlicAllium senescens
- Giant Allium Schubert's OnionAllium schubertii
- Giant OnionAllium gratisimum
- Giant Onion Giant AlliumAllium giganteum
- Giant Onion MixAllium x hybrida 'Mix'
- Gladiator GarlicAllium ampeloprasum 'Gladiator'
- Glaucous Onion Firmament AlliumAllium glaucum 'Firmament'
- Globemaster AlliumAllium giganteum 'Globemaster'
- Golden GarlicAllium x moly
K1
- Kii OnionAllium kiiense
L1
- Lavender Bubbles Ornamental OnionAllium hollandicum 'Lavender Bubbles'
M4
- Medusa Ornamental OnionAllium 'Medusa'
- Millennium Gold Onion Moly OnionAllium x moly 'Millenium'
- Millennium Ornamental OnionAllium millenium
- Mount Everest OnionAllium gratisimum 'Mount Everest'
N1
- Nodding OnionAllium cernuum
O5
- OnionAllium cepa
- Ornamental OnionAllium violetum
- Ornamental OnionAllium cybum
- Ornamental Onion 'Ambassador'Allium cybum 'Ambassador'
- Ornamental Onion 'Mont Blanc'Allium cepa 'Mont Blanc'
P4
- Persian OnionAllium amphlettense
- Persian OnionAllium hollandicum
- Pink Planet AlliumAllium giganteum 'Pink Planet'
- Purple Sensation AlliumAllium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation'
R2
- Red OnionAllium cepa 'Deep Purple'
- Round and Purple OnionAllium violetum 'Round and Purple'
S4
- Schönbrunn OnionAllium schonbrunnense
- Serendipity Ornamental OnionAllium x hybrida 'Serendipity'
- ShallotAllium ascalonicum
- Summer Beauty Ornamental OnionAllium x moly 'Summer Beauty'
T3
- Texas OnionAllium texanum
- Thunberg's Onion OzawaAllium thunbergii 'Ozawa'
- Tropea Long OnionAllium cepa 'Tropeana Lunga'
W3
- Walla Walla OnionAllium cepa 'Walla Walla'
- Walla Walla Sweet OnionAllium sativum 'Walla Walla Early'
- Welsh OnionAllium fistulosum
#1
- 'Bubble Bath' Ornamental OnionAllium giantinum 'Bubble Bath'
Allium list questions
How many Allium varieties are there?
The Sow catalog tracks 56 distinct Allium varieties, all listed above. The wider genus is larger still — this is what is actually available and documented well enough to grow from, rather than every name ever published.
Which Allium varieties are most popular?
The genus hub ranks them by how many gardeners actually save and plant each one, which is a better reliability signal. This page is the complete list in alphabetical order instead — useful when you already know the variety name you are looking for.
Why do two entries have the same name?
Some Allium varieties are sold under the same common name by different nurseries, or a cultivar shares a name with the species it came from. Both records are kept and shown with their botanical names so you can tell them apart, rather than one being silently hidden.
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