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Sweet Onion

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What is

Life Span

Perennial
Annual

Type

Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Vegetable

Origin

World/Pandemic, North America, Europe, Russia/Siberia, Northern Africa, Asia, India
Asia

Types

-
Bulb Vegetable

Number of Varieties

1010
0 40000
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Habitat

Cropland, Farms, gardens
-

USDA Hardiness Zone

-99994-8
0 99
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AHS Heat Zone

-
12-1

Sunset Zone

21,22
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Habit

-
Clump-Forming

Information

Plant Size

Minimum Height

60.00 cm30.00 cm
0 3900
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Minimum Width

10.00 cm10.20 cm
0 6350
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Plant Color

Flower Color

White, Yellow green
White

Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor
Bicolor

Fruit Color

-
-

Leaf Color in Spring

Blue Green, Yellow green
Green, Light Green

Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Gray Green
Green, Light Green, Chartreuse

Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Gray Green, Yellow green
Green, Yellow green

Leaf Color in Winter

-
-

Shape

Leaf Shape

Linear
Acicular

Thorns

Season

Plant Season

Spring, Summer
Summer

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun

Growth Rate

Medium
Fast

Type of Soil

Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand

The pH of Soil

Neutral
Neutral

Soil Drainage

Well drained
Well drained

Bloom Time

Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Summer

Repeat Bloomer

Tolerances

Drought
Drought

Care

Where to Plant?

Ground, Pot
Ground

How to Plant?

Seedlings, Sets
Cuttings

Plant Maintenance

Medium
Medium

Watering Plants

Watering Requirements

Keep the ground moist but not water-logged, Requires a lot of watering, Water twice a day in the initial period
Average Water Needs

In Summer

Lots of watering
Lots of watering

In Spring

Moderate
Moderate

In Winter

Average Water
Average Water

Soil

Soil pH

-
Neutral

Soil Type

-
Loam, Sand

Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained
Well drained

Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun

Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

Pests and Diseases

Red blotch
Red blotch

Plant Tolerance

Drought
Drought

Facts

Flowers

Showy
Showy

Flower Petal Number

Single
Single

Fruits

Showy Fruit

Edible Fruit

Fragrance

Fragrant Flower

Fragrant Fruit

Fragrant Leaf

Fragrant Bark/Stem

Showy Foliage

Showy Bark

Foliage Texture

Medium
Medium

Foliage Sheen

Matte
Matte

Evergreen

Invasive

Self-Sowing

Attracts

-
Aphids, Beetles

Allergy

-
Cold, Irritate the mucus membrane, Sinuses

Benefits

Uses

Aesthetic Uses

-
-

Beauty Benefits

-
-

Edible Uses

Environmental Uses

Air purification
Air purification

Plant Benefits

Medicinal Uses

Asthma, Bronchitis, cholesterol-lowering, Cough, Diabetes, Digestion problems, Diuretic, High blood pressure
anti-inflammatory, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Hypotensive

Part of Plant Used

Whole plant
Flowers, Leaves, Root

Other Uses

Culinary use
Cosmetics, Used as a dye

Used As Indoor Plant

Used As Outdoor Plant

Garden Design

-
Edible, Herb / Vegetable

Scientific Name

Botanical Name

ALLIUM cepa 'Vidalia'
ALLIUM cepa( Aggregatum Group)

Common Name

Garden Onion, Sweet Onion, Vidalia Onion
Scallion, Shallot

In Hindi

मीठा प्याज
Shallot

In German

Sweet Onion
Schalotte

In French

oignon doux
échalote

In Spanish

Cebolla dulce
chalote

In Greek

γλυκό Κρεμμύδι
είδος κρεμμυδιού

In Portuguese

Cebola doce
Sallot

In Polish

słodka Cebula
Sallot

In Latin

Dulcis cepa
Sallot

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae
Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta
Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida

Order

Asparagales
Asparagales

Family

Liliaceae
Liliaceae

Genus

Allium
Allium

Clade

Angiosperms, Asparagales, Monocots
Angiosperms, Monocots

Tribe

-
-

Subfamily

-
-

Number of Species

800750
1 27800
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Difference Between Sweet Onion and Shallot

If you are confused whether Sweet Onion or Shallot are same, here are some features about those plants to help you choose better. Many people think that these two plants have the same characteristics, but one can see Sweet Onion and Shallot Information and learn more about it. Fertilizers required for proper growth of Sweet Onion are All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, whereas for Shallot fertilizers required are All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer. Hence, one should know the basic difference between Sweet Onion and Shallot if you are planning to have them in your garden to enhance its beauty.

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Importance of Sweet Onion and Shallot

Want to have the most appropriate plant for your garden? You might want to know the importance of Sweet Onion and Shallot. Basically, these two plants vary in many aspects. Compare Sweet Onion and Shallot as they differ in many characteristics such as their life, care, benefits, facts, etc. Every gardener must at least have the slightest clue about the plants he wants to plant in his garden. Compare their benefits, which differ in many ways like facts and uses. The medicinal use of Sweet Onion is Asthma, Bronchitis, cholesterol-lowering, Cough, Diabetes, Digestion problems, Diuretic and High blood pressure whereas of Shallot is anti-inflammatory, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic and Hypotensive. Sweet Onion has beauty benefits as follows: while Shallot has beauty benefits as follows: .

Compare Facts of Sweet Onion vs Shallot

How to choose the best garden plant for your garden depending upon its facts? Here garden plant comparison will help you to solve this query. Compare the facts of Sweet Onion vs Shallot and know which one to choose. As garden plants have benefits and other uses, allergy is also a major drawback of plants for some people. Allergic reactions of Sweet Onion are whereas of Shallot have Cold, Irritate the mucus membrane and Sinuses respectively. Having a fruit bearing plant in your garden can be a plus point of your garden. Sweet Onion has no showy fruits and Shallot has no showy fruits. Also Sweet Onion is not flowering and Shallot is not flowering . You can compare Sweet Onion and Shallot facts and facts of other plants too.