Grow your own crops of delicious spring onions with ‘Apache’, for attractive, deep purple-red skinned roots with a mild flavour and a crisp crunch. The purple outer skin merges with the silver when peeled, adding colour and contrast to salads or crudites. ‘Apache’ is great for growing in containers or in the ground outdoors throughout the season. Companion planting: try growing onions with mint to confuse and deter onion fly.Spring onions will grow in any good fertile soil provided it is well drained. Sow seeds from late winter to summer at 3 weekly intervals. For an early spring crop sow seeds in autumn and over winter. Sow thinly 6mm (0.25in) deep in drills 15cm (6in) apart. No thinning is required. Harvesting can usually start 6-8 weeks after sowing.Product specifications:Position: Full SunHeight: Up to 30cm when fully establishedSpread: Up to 5cm when fully establishedSupplied as 1x packet Salad Onion ‘Apache’ (Deep Purple) (approx. 450 seeds)Harvest period June to OctoberDelivered with growing and care instructionsImages shown are for guidance only of the expected results from plants upon maturity. Different growing conditions might vary results. Image may be included for illustration of supply but can vary due to seasonality changes (e.g. deciduous plants lose leaves in colder months).