Growing in Wandering

Best time to plant spring onion in Wandering

Allium cepa

Also called Welsh onion, Japanese bunching onion, green onion, salad onion, bunching onion

Sow spring onion in Wandering in Mar to Nov.

Spring onion, or bunching onion, is a clump-forming perennial with tubular evergreen leaves up to 60 centimetres tall and white flower heads on top. Native to China and common in Asian cooking, it also goes by Welsh onion, a name that has nothing to do with Wales.

When to sow in Wandering

Wandering, WA is in the temperate zone. Its months for spring onion apply here without a frost adjustment.

Matches local guides.

Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.

Frost in Wandering

Frost usually arrives in Wandering around late April and finishes by early November. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late March or as late as late November, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.

From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.

On a shared plot: suits a plot

Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.

Growing details

How to start
Sow directly in the bed
Sowing depth
12mm
Plant spacing
5cm
Row spacing
8cm
Height
30cm
Germination
About 10 days
Time to harvest
70 days from sowing
Frost
Hardy, takes a light frost
Sun
Full sun
Life cycle
perennial, usually grown as an annual

These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.

Spring Onion elsewhere

Spring Onion across Australia