Giant Onion (Allium giganteum)

Family: Alliaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Pink, Purple. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Roots/Tubers, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasant mild onion flavour. — Bulb - raw or cooked.; We have seen no reports of edibility, but the bulb is certainly not poisonous and has a pleasant mild onion flavour.; The fairly large bulbs are 4 - 6cm in diameter.; Leaves - raw or cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Not known. (Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)