Egyptian Walking Onion Organic Heirloom Topsets for Sale

Welcome to the
Egyptian Walking Onion

...the best place to purchase real heirloom Egyptian Walking Onions online!

Remember those mysterious onions your parents or grandparents used to have —
the ones that are so hard to find?
Well look no more… you found them.

We grow organic red and white Egyptian Walking Onions.

The incredible, edible, everlasting, cold-hardy, ornamental…
ONION THAT WALKS!

Why gardeners love
Egyptian Walking Onions

Perennial: returns every year.
Cold hardy: thrives through frost and snow (zones 3–9).
Edible: greens, topsets, and bulbs can all be used in the kitchen.
Ornamental: blue-green stalks, “candlestick” tops, medusa-like heads, snake-like branches, and red or white topsets.
Prolific: reproduces both in the ground and in the air; once established, you’ll have onions for life.

All about the onion that walks

Is there really an onion plant that walks? The honest answer… YES. Absolutely.

In early spring, Egyptian Walking Onions grow like ordinary onions. But around May, the magic begins: instead of focusing on flowers, they form a cluster of tiny onion “topsets” at the top of the stalk — miniature versions of themselves.

As the topsets grow heavier, the stalk arches and the cluster touches down some distance away. If conditions are right, the topsets root where they land and become new plants — and the process repeats. That’s how they “walk” across the garden...or is it? Find out more about how these incredible plants walk.

Take a walk with the onions! →

New to Egyptian Walking Onions?

Start with the "Understanding Topsets" page that explains:

What a topset is
Topset size and shape variations
What you will receive with your topset order
How many topsets should you order?
What to do when your topsets arrive
Topset viability

Understanding Topsets →

The Life cycle Stages

Leaf Stage: early greens push through frost and snow.
Candlestick Stage: a papery cap forms at the stalk tip in spring.
Topset Stage: clusters of bulbils (topsets) mature through summer.
Walking Stage: stalks bend and topsets plant themselves where they land.
Dividing Stage: bulbs multiply underground into clumps over time.

Explore the full life cycle →

Field Notes

Adventures from the Onion Patch

Real life events from years of growing Egyptian Walking Onions — hailstorms, prairie voles, floods, and the lessons learned from tending large perennial onion colonies.

Read the adventures →

The Chamber of History

Deep beneath the torchlit stones, the ancient record stands waiting — a sandstone slab where the long memory of the Egyptian Walking Onion is etched in gold and stone.

Here the long story is kept — etched in stages, seasons, and lore — the tale of a plant that learned to travel without feet.

Enter when you’re ready: the chamber awakens, torches flare, shadows retreat, and the tablet is revealed.

Enter the Chamber →

Guardians of the onion patch

In case you didn’t know, cats are the guardians of Egyptian Walking Onions. They patrol the stalks, sniff the topsets, and keep watch over the patch — sometimes joined by faithful garden dogs.

Meet the Guardians →