Spring is the time for spring onions.
These plants, also called scallions, are the young shoots of baby onions. Left alone, they'll grow into the bulbous bounty of summer. Adrienne Cook, a garden writer for the Washington Post, recommends Japanese scallion varieties including Ishikuro, White Lisbon or Santa Claus. Japanese varieties were bred to resist forming a bulb, making it easier to enjoy an ongoing supply of fresh scallions. Scallions must be sown from seeds or seedlings rather than sets.