PlantFiles: Bunching Onion
Allium cepa 'White Lisbon'

I planted this onion in a perennial bed expecting it to grow into clumps similar to 'evergreen hardy white', however it turns out that this is a bulbing onion, NOT a bunching onion. It grew ~2" white, compressed, cippolini-like bulbs.

I was disappointed that the permaculture approach would not work, but as a cippolini they performed quite well here in intermediate-onion country (Coastal CA, 37'N). They were decent as 'spring' onions, and I guess they are popular for that because they form small bulbs (as in the top photo) when the stems are still scallion-sized.

I plant these in mid-August from seed. They're nice by Thanksgiving and will winter over here. They also do well in pots. A perfect green salad onion.