For instance, you might try elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum). While it is in the same family as the rest of the alliums, it's actually more closely related to leek than onion.

The first one is elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum), a close relative of the leek. It has a milder (some say better) flavor than true garlic but is not commonly grown commercially. It produces ...

Easy to grow and welcome in any recipe that calls for onions, leeks (Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum) allow you to grow oniony crops all year in your kitchen garden. Summer leeks are ready to pull ...

ophioscorodon), softneck (Allium sativum var. sativum) and elephant (Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum). Hardnecks are distinguished by the stiff "neck" or stalk in the center of the growing ...

Perhaps my favourite allium is Babington’s leek (Allium ampeloprasum var. Babingtonii). If I’m designing an edible garden, this is high on the list: it is too beautiful and delicious to ignore. It ...

But others, sometimes called "true" pearl onions, much more common in Europe than in the U.S., are of the species Allium ampeloprasum and are more closely related to the wild leek. No matter which ...

Wild Leek or broadleaf is a close relative of garlic and onions. Botanically, it is known as Allium ampeloprasum. Studies have found that leek is a medicinal plant with a great pharmaceutical ...

Garden designer James Duell is bowled over by the 2-foot-wide spheres of amethyst-colored Allium schubertii that thrive amid aloes and agaves in his Culver City garden. “Although it’s gigantic ...

Your Allium collection will contain the following: Allium ampeloprasum (15 bulbs) Allium cowanii (15 bulbs) Allium karataviense (5 bulbs) Allium moly (40 bulbs) Allium ...

from chives (Allium schoenoprasum), leeks (Allium ampeloprasum) and garlic (Allium sativum) to native or naturalised species such as wild onions (Allium vineale) and ramsons (Allium ursinum).