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Sweet Onion
Sweet Onion

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What is

Life Span

Perennial
Perennial

Type

Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Bulb or Corm or Tuber

Origin

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

Types

-
Perennial

Number of Varieties

1035
0 40000
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Habitat

Cropland, Farms, gardens
Temperate Regions

USDA Hardiness Zone

-99995-9
0 99
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AHS Heat Zone

-
9-1

Sunset Zone

21,22
21,22

Habit

-
Clump-Forming

Information

Plant Size

Minimum Height

60.00 cm10.20 cm
0 3900
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Minimum Width

10.00 cm5.10 cm
0 6350
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Plant Color

Flower Color

White, Yellow green
Light Blue, Light Purple, Silver, Sky Blue

Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor
Bicolor

Fruit Color

-
-

Leaf Color in Spring

Blue Green, Yellow green
Green, Light Green, Gray Green

Leaf Color in Summer

Green, Gray Green
Light Green

Leaf Color in Fall

Green, Gray Green, Yellow green
Several shades of Green

Leaf Color in Winter

-
Light Green

Shape

Leaf Shape

Linear
Grass like

Thorns

Season

Plant Season

Spring, Summer
Spring

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade

Growth Rate

Medium
Medium

Type of Soil

Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand

The pH of Soil

Neutral
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

Soil Drainage

Well drained
Well drained

Bloom Time

Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Early Spring, Spring, Late Winter

Repeat Bloomer

Tolerances

Drought
Drought

Care

Where to Plant?

Ground, Pot
Container, Ground

How to Plant?

Seedlings, Sets
By dividing rhizomes, tubers

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, Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering

In Summer

Lots of watering
Lots of watering

In Spring

Moderate
Moderate

In Winter

Average Water
Average Water

Soil

Soil pH

-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

Soil Type

-
Clay, Loam, Sand

Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained
Well drained

Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade

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
Slugs, Snails

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

-
Bees, Birds, Hummingbirds

Allergy

-
-

Benefits

Uses

Aesthetic Uses

-
Showy Purposes

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
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Part of Plant Used

Whole plant
Flowers

Other Uses

Culinary use
-

Used As Indoor Plant

Used As Outdoor Plant

Garden Design

-
Container, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Wildflower

Scientific Name

Botanical Name

ALLIUM cepa 'Vidalia'
Ipheion uniflorum

Common Name

Garden Onion, Sweet Onion, Vidalia Onion
Spring Starflower, Springstar

In Hindi

मीठा प्याज
Spring Starflower

In German

Sweet Onion
Frühling Borretsch

In French

oignon doux
Spring Starflower

In Spanish

Cebolla dulce
primavera Flor de estrella

In Greek

γλυκό Κρεμμύδι
άνοιξη starflower

In Portuguese

Cebola doce
primavera Starflower

In Polish

słodka Cebula
Wiosna Starflower

In Latin

Dulcis cepa
Spring Starflower

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae
Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta
Magnoliophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida
Lilopsida

Order

Asparagales
Asparagales

Family

Liliaceae
Liliaceae

Genus

Allium
Ipheion

Clade

Angiosperms, Asparagales, Monocots
Angiosperms, Monocots

Tribe

-
Gilliesieae

Subfamily

-
Allioideae

Number of Species

80050
1 27800
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Difference Between Sweet Onion and Spring Starflower

If you are confused whether Sweet Onion or Spring Starflower 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 Spring Starflower Information and learn more about it. Fertilizers required for proper growth of Sweet Onion are All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, whereas for Spring Starflower fertilizers required are All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer. Hence, one should know the basic difference between Sweet Onion and Spring Starflower if you are planning to have them in your garden to enhance its beauty.

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Importance of Sweet Onion and Spring Starflower

Want to have the most appropriate plant for your garden? You might want to know the importance of Sweet Onion and Spring Starflower. Basically, these two plants vary in many aspects. Compare Sweet Onion and Spring Starflower 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 Spring Starflower is . Sweet Onion has beauty benefits as follows: while Spring Starflower has beauty benefits as follows: .

Compare Facts of Sweet Onion vs Spring Starflower

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 Spring Starflower 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 Spring Starflower have respectively. Having a fruit bearing plant in your garden can be a plus point of your garden. Sweet Onion has no showy fruits and Spring Starflower has no showy fruits. Also Sweet Onion is not flowering and Spring Starflower is not flowering . You can compare Sweet Onion and Spring Starflower facts and facts of other plants too.