The bulb and the beautiful: growing alliums

The allium family has much to offer the patient, and the impatient, gardener, from slow-growing onions to the leafy harvest of chives and spring onions, writes Marcelle Nankervis.

Not too fancy leeks

Subtle in flavour and appearance, the humble leek is all understated style, writes JUSTIN RUSSELL.

Time for planting onions

From leeks and shallots to red salad onions, the members of the onion family are an incredibly versatile lot and they’re wonderful crops to grow at home, too.