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http://www.asparagusgardener.com Egyptian Walking Onions , Allium cepa, are an easy to grow, delicious, kitchen ingredient as well as an eye-catching garden specimen. Onions are bi-annuals, meaning that they grow leaves the first year and flowers, sets, or fruit the second year. Bulb onions have been used as food and medicine since 5000 BC. Like garlic, leeks, chives and scallions, they are members of the lily family. No one knows why this particular onion is named Egyptian. Ancient Egyptians thought that the shape and concentric rings of onions meant they were holy and they were used as currency to pay the workers who built the pyramids. Many pharaohs were buried with onions and small onions were found in the eye sockets of King Ramses IV’s mummy. our onion tops  All onions we think of as bulb onions are called Allium cepa. This particular onion does not have a typical flower head but makes small onions on the top instead. The stalks are 2 to 3 feet tall at mat...