Shallots

Often used in fine French cuisine, shallots have a delicious, delicate onion flavor excellent for sauces or vinaigrettes to serve with vegetables, meat and fish dishes. Harvest when tops die down in midsummer, about 80 days after planting. Replant smaller bulbs in fall for next season's harvest.

Companion Plants

Cucumber

Pepper

Tomato

Plant Details

Common name

Shallots
Botanical name

Allium ascalonicum (cepa var. aggregatum)
Variety

na
Zone

Grow as an annual
Light

Sun
Height

24" (61 cm)
Habit

Clumping
Feed

Fertilize once a month
Water

Water weekly during dry spells
Bloom Color

Brown
Bloom Time

No bloom
Maintenance

Keep weed-free

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