Egyptian
Walking Onions
growing happily around the world!
Feel
free to email photos of your Egyptian Walking Onions if you would
like to add to this photo gallery!
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A 6 foot wide Egyptian Walking
"onion ring"!
Planted by JD Provence in West Texas.
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A
well fertilized row of Egyptian Walking Onions.
Planted by Doris in Chino Valley, AZ.
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word about our photos....
All the photos in this website were taken by us with our own cameras
with the exception of the photos in the section directly above.
Please feel free to share our photos and use them in your blog or
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Fascinating
Branches of the Egyptian Walking Onion
Every
Egyptian Walking Onion plant is unique. Sometimes these plants
are called "Tree Onions" because of their snakelike
branches which twist into spiraling shapes. Branches grow from
a cluster of sets on top of the plant stalk.
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Spiral
branches
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Encapsulated
branches
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"Loop"
branch
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Another
"loop" branch
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...and
yet another "loop" branch
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Long
branch
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"S"
branch
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Another
"S" branch
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Arching
branches loaded with topsets
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A
branch spiraling along the dimensions of the classic golden section.
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Loop
- d - loop!
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Tiny
flowers of the Egyptian Walking Onion
Some Egyptian Walking Onion plants bloom with tiny flowers in
the spring. The flowers emerge side by side along with the topsets.
The flowers are about 1/4" wide. They are white with a pea-green
stripe on each petal.
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A
white flower blooming above of a cluster of sets
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Close-up
of the delicate white flower with green stripes
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Two
flowers budding atop a young cluster of sets
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Flower
buds branch off to the left and right
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Flower
buds within a cluster of sets and atop a vertical branch
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A mini bouquet of Egyptian Walking Onion flower buds
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Another
budding bouquet of flowers
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Egyptian
Walking Onion plant in bloom
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Flowers
and sets growing together
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Beautiful
Egyptian Walking Onion flowers
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Fancy
Egyptian Walking Onion flowers
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Bright
green immature seeds are visible in this mini bouquet of
Egyptian Walking Onion flowers
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Egyptian Walking Onion sets
An
Egyptian Walking Onion set is basically a miniature onion. If
planted, a set will grow roots from the bottom and a stalk from
the top just like any other onion plant. When the plant matures
it will grow its own cluster of top-sets. Sets grow atop the Egyptian
Walking Onion plant in a cluster. A cluster may contain 2 to 30
sets. Newly emerged sets are an overall yellow-greenish color.
As the sets mature, they will darken to a rich maroon color and
develop a papery outer layer.
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A
young, bright green cluster of Egyptian Walking Onion sets in
the spring.
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Sets beginning to turn a beautiful crimson maroon color
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Young
clusters of sets.
One cluster is growing leaves, the other will not.
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Sets
taking on their crimson color
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Egyptian
Walking Onion summer sets
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Egyptian
Walking Onion sets resembling Saguaro cacti
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Egyptian
Walking Onion topsets
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Big,
beautiful Walking Onion sets over 1" in diameter.
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A
cluster of Egyptian Walking Onion sets
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Another
cluster of Egyptian Walking Onion sets
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Young
Egyptian Walking Onion sets wrapped in their paper capsule
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Clusters
of top-sets in midsummer
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Pea
green stripes on Egyptian Walking Onion sets
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Three
beautifully colored Egyptian Walking Onion sets
and a white striped twisting branch.
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The
fractal nature of the Egyptian Walking Onion plant
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Topsets
branching off from topsets
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Egyptian
Walking Onion sets are viviparous -
they germinate while still attached to the parent plant.
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Egyptian
Walking Onion sets have a papery outer layer.
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Mature
Egyptian Walking Onion sets in the summer.
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A comparison of Egyptian Walking Onion set sizes.
Sizes range from approximately 1/4" to 1" in diameter
as seen in this photo.
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A
closeup of the tiny roots growing from a pair of germinating
Egyptian Walking Onion sets still attached to the parent plant.
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A
cluster of germinating Egyptian Walking Onion topsets.
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Hollow
Leaves of the Egyptian Walking Onion
Egyptian Walking Onions have tall, round, hollow leaves up to
1" in diameter.
They are beautiful and edible! Some set clusters grow their own
leaves, lending to the plant's Medusa-like quality.
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Blue-green
leaf stalks of the Egyptian Walking Onion plant
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Round
sunlit leaves
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Egyptian
Walking Onion leaves
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Glowing
Egyptian Walking Onion leaf
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Miniature
leaf stalks growing from a cluster of young
Egyptian Walking Onion sets
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Medusa-like
Egyptian Walking Onion plant
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Egyptian
Walking Onion leaves in the sun
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The
round and hollow leaves of the Egyptian Walking Onion plant
are like soft, green pipes.
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Medusa
onion
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Brightly
sunlit leaves grow from a cluster of sets.
A small, striped branch can be seen spiraling up through the center.
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Golden
leaves of the Egyptian Walking Onion plant
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Egyptian
Walking Onion plant leaves
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Dewdrops on an Egyptian Walking Onion leafstalk
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Egyptian
Walking Onion leaves in the evening sun
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Our
Egyptian Walking Onion patch
Our Egyptian Walking Onions live in their perennial garden bed
in sunny Garfield, WA at an elevation of 2474 feet above sea level.
Every year our Egyptian Walking Onions dazzle and delight us with
their spiraling branches, tiny flowers, and abundant clusters
of sets. They are a truly magical plant!
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Springtime
Egyptian Walking Onion plants reach for the sky
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Topsets
emerging from their paper capsule in the spring.
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Young
Egyptian Walking Onions
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Stalks
and set clusters
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The
edible Egyptian Walking Onion greens
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Dancing
Egyptian Walking Onion plants
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Egyptian
Walking Onion topsets in late spring.
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Happy,
healthy Egyptian Walking Onions
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Thriving
Egyptian Walking Onions in summer
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Mature
Egyptian Walking Onion sets in the hazy summer sun
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Egyptian
Walking Onions with well developed topsets
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On
the march
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