L’oignon Rossa di Milano est une variété à pollinisation libre reconnue pour l’équilibre qu’elle offre entre saveur, productivité et aptitude à l’entreposage. Il produit des bulbes de calibre moyen, bien formés, caractérisés par un collet fin et une peau rouge foncée, lustrée et très serrée, qui protège efficacement le bulbe à maturité.

Sa chair est douce et agréable, ce qui en fait un oignon polyvalent aussi apprécié cru que cuit. Les plants sont réguliers et productifs, offrant une récolte abondante lorsque les conditions de culture sont bien respectées. Les bulbes atteignent en moyenne environ 10 cm de diamètre. 

Au jardin, Rossa di Milano se comporte comme un oignon de jours longs, tolérant bien les climats plus froids. Il demande une saison complète pour exprimer tout son potentiel, mais récompense la patience par une excellente qualité de conservation. Une croissance régulière, sans stress hydrique, favorise la formation de bulbes bien serrés et durables.

À l’écoumène, cet oignon est perçu comme une plante de constance et de maîtrise. Il illustre l’importance du temps long au potager, où la rigueur des gestes et l’attention portée aux détails permettent d’obtenir des récoltes fiables et savoureuses, pensées autant pour la table que pour l’entreposage.

Originating from the large onion family, the Parade bunching onion has carved out a prime spot in kitchen gardens for its long, hollow, straight, and upright leaves. It is cultivated not for the bulb, but for its glossy green foliage, with its distinct fresh onion flavor, which is harvested in bunches throughout the season.

In the garden, Parade grows in tight, even clumps, easy to tuck into a corner of the vegetable patch or along an edible border. Sown in several waves, it accompanies the entire cycle of mild seasons and offers a discreet yet constant presence in the harmonious garden. Its slender shape blends well with other vegetables, and its soil-friendly cultivation makes it a reliable plant in a diverse, edible space.

Originating from European market gardening traditions, the Yellow Cipollini onion has earned a prominent place in kitchen gardens thanks to its small, flat, golden-yellow bulbs. Its disc-like shape and modest size encourage careful harvesting and simple, everyday cooking.

In the garden, it's a discreet yet consistent presence: neatly aligned rows, upright foliage that quietly accompanies the cycle of the seasons. This variety produces bulbs prized for their sweet flesh, particularly sought after for slow cooking or caramelization. Well integrated into a harmonious garden, it blends easily with other vegetables in a respectful and diversified approach to gardening.

The result of a rigorous and deeply human scientific approach, this exceptional red onion was born in the research fields of the University of Wisconsin. For several years, Dr. Michael Havey, a renowned horticultural geneticist, and his team pursued a simple yet ambitious idea: to develop an onion variety with a round, dense bulb and a single center, perfect for producing uniform slices. This project, carefully conducted within the USDA Onion Lab breeding program, embodies an approach rooted in knowledge, patience, and attention to detail.

When the program ended, this remarkable lineage was entrusted to the Gardens of the Ecumene so that it could continue to thrive in the hands of gardeners. Since then, this variety has been cultivated with passion, passed on to a community that has given it a name, a place, and a future in living vegetable gardens.

In the garden, it stands out for its vigorous, upright growth habit, good tolerance to climatic variations, and impressive production capacity. The bulbs that form are firm, glossy, and a deep red, and their finely detailed internal structure makes them easy to cut. In well-prepared soil, it offers excellent consistency and adapts readily to garden plots, whether for individual or community use. It thus embodies the balance between horticultural innovation and the age-old practice of sowing seeds, between high quality and ease of cultivation.

L’oignon ‘Tosca’ est une variété d’oignon jaune à jours longs, reconnaissable à ses bulbes allongés en forme de torpille, recouverts d’une peau brun-doré brillante, fine et bien sèche. Sa silhouette élancée, peu commune chez les oignons jaunes, facilite la coupe en tranches régulières avec très peu de pertes, un atout apprécié autant au jardin qu’en cuisine.

Au jardin, Tosca se distingue par sa robustesse et sa bonne adaptation aux climats froids. C’est lorsque les jours raccourcissent que la plante concentre son énergie dans la formation de bulbes, ce qui en fait une variété particulièrement fiable pour les régions nordiques.

Semé tôt et bien accompagné, il offre une récolte de fin d’été à l’automne.

Originating from the Roscoff region on Brittany's north coast, the Roscoff pink onion is one of those vegetables that embodies the memory of coastal gardens. The Keravel variety belongs to this line of pink onions renowned for their sweetness and excellent keeping qualities. Its rounded bulb, adorned with pink tunics, naturally finds its place in a bountiful and diverse vegetable garden.

In the garden, like other vegetable onions, it thrives in well-drained soil and a sunny location. Its regular presence integrates harmoniously into the cycle of the seasons: sowing or planting in spring, gentle growth during the summer, and then harvesting when the foliage dies back. It's a reliable plant for those who wish to cultivate a lasting relationship with their vegetable garden, using a respectful and deeply rooted approach to cultivation.

Known as the potato onion, this traditional group of onions forms clumps of bulbs, somewhat like a nest of small potatoes at the base of the foliage. Long cultivated in family vegetable gardens in cooler climates, it has maintained a reputation as a reliable plant, easy to maintain and replant year after year.

In the garden, the potato onion offers hollow, bluish-green foliage reminiscent of the common onion. The bulbs divide into several cloves that are replanted, in an almost circular process where the harvest nourishes the next cycle. It naturally finds its place in a vibrant and diverse garden, along the edge of a bed or in a quiet corner of the vegetable patch, where it accompanies other vegetables in a patient and deeply rooted relationship with nature.

Originating in Italy, the Yellow of Parma onion is an old, guard variety known for its perfectly round bulbs with a golden-yellow skin. In a thriving vegetable garden, it provides a discreet yet essential presence: a reliable, consistent plant that accompanies the gardener throughout the seasons.

In the garden, its upright foliage forms neat rows that structure flowerbeds. The mature bulbs, with their dry, golden skin, then grace the kitchen for many months, extending the bounty of the welcoming soil well after the first frosts. It's a reliable variety for those seeking a storage onion, rooted in respectful and self-sustaining cultivation practices.

Born on the sandy soils of the Île d'Oléron, the Saint Turjan is an ancient and precious onion variety, also known as the "rose of the sands." This evocative name perfectly illustrates its maritime origins and its delicate pinkish-purple skin, which captures the light like a pebble polished by time. Inherited from generations of Breton market gardeners and passed on today thanks to the Kaol Kozh Association, this heritage bulb embodies a living link between the practices of the past and the garden of today.

In the garden, the Saint Turjan embodies the unwavering consistency of a reliable plant. Its growth is steady, its upright foliage signals peaceful maturity, and its fleshy bulbs form readily in light, deep, well-drained soil. It particularly appreciates sunny spots and sandy soils, where it fully develops its potential. Resilient, adaptable, and hardy, it is a dependable companion for gardeners seeking to ground their practices in respectful and deeply rooted cultivation.

Versatile, it is equally suited to growing in bunches for summer harvests and to extended winter storage. Its thin, dry skin ensures excellent preservation after harvest. Cultivating it means contributing to the preservation of a threatened culinary heritage and reviving a variety that combines beauty, memory, and taste.

Originating from North American selections adapted to cooler climates, the New York Early onion has established itself as a reliable variety for gardens with unpredictable springs. In well-loosened soil, its round to slightly flattened bulbs, ranging in color from yellow to golden brown, develop with remarkable consistency, providing an early harvest where summer is short-lived.

In the garden, it's a discreet yet essential presence in the vegetable patch. Its upright, tubular leaves form neat rows that accompany the cycle of the seasons, from the first spring sowings to the summer harvests. When cultivated with care, the New York Early variety allows you to start the season for storage onions while then making room for other crops, in a garden in harmony with nature.