One of the most unusual plants in our garden draws attention every time someone visits for the first time. Alien-like in form with puffy white balls at the end of their stems, our overgrown green onions seem like some rare, exotic find.Nothing could be further from the truth. These alien invaders are simply green salad onion remains that we tossed into our garden beds (unintentionally at first) and let take root!
The plants will root nearly any time of year: even in
the heat of summer. They seem to thrive in sun or shade, are not invasive, and are even edible (although fairly tough and strong; they need to be cooked down in a good amount of oil but certainly work in a pinch!).
At maturity, plants are about 2-3 feet tall.
The plants will root nearly any time of year: even in
the heat of summer. They seem to thrive in sun or shade, are not invasive, and are even edible (although fairly tough and strong; they need to be cooked down in a good amount of oil but certainly work in a pinch!).At maturity, plants are about 2-3 feet tall.
Who doesn't have a bag of spring onions in the fridge? If they start to go bad, toss them in the garden and they will grow! And save those strong tasting white tips! They, too, can be planted to create the funky landscape oddities pictured here!
This can be a fun family project, and great 'after dinner' activity when long summer days leave a few hours of sunlight into the evenings... 
Our kids call the onion areas "the octopus' garden":)Chop up your spring onions as usual, and reserve the white tips with roots still on. They store just fine in the bag until you have used the whole bunch...
Little white onion nubs just barely have to be 'planted' in order to thrive. Get the roots under some dirt and let them have an occasional drink if they aren't in an area that gets water regularly. They are amazingly drought tolerant!
Try a free patch of funions this summer and grow a green octopus in the garden!
