Ernie Janes / Garden basket full of organic home grown vegatables from vegetable garden, Norfolk, UK

Nigel Cattlin / Onions, Garlic and Shallots (Allium spp) in plastic baskets on market stall, Bangkok food market, Thailand. 2015.

Ernie Janes / Traditional beehive in herb garden, Norfolk, England, UK, May.

Ernie Janes / Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) in flower in garden.

Ernie Janes / Allium 'Silverspring' in garden.

Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) feeding from Chive (Allium schoenoprasum), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.

Phil Savoie / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) dark form, feeding on Chive (Allium schoenoprasum) Monmouthshire, Wales UK, June.

Gary K. Smith / Maincrop onion 'centurion' (Allium cepa) grown from set, Norfolk, England UK. July.

Gary K. Smith / Onions stored in pallets in outbuilding, Norfolk, England UK. October

Pascal Pittorino / Juvenile Great Bush cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) resting on Neapolitan garlic (Allium neapolitanum) flowers in a garden, Toulon, Var, Provence, France, April

Ernie Janes / Home grown onions drying out in greenhouse, Norfolk, England, UK. July.

Stephen Dalton / Herbaceous border in garden with Alliums (Allium), Great Dixter, Rye, East Sussex, England, UK. May.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman planting Onions (Allium cepa) on Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, South Africa. October 2013.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman harvesting Onions (Allium cepa) on Suikerbossie farm in the Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region of South Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Farm workers harvesting Onions (Allium cepa), Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, South Africa. February 2014. Model released

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Farm workers harvesting Onions (Allium cepa), Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, South Africa. February 2014.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Farm workers harvesting Onions (Allium cepa), Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, South Africa. February 2014.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Farm workers harvesting Onions (Allium cepa), Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, South Africa. February 2014.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Farm workers harvesting Onions (Allium cepa), Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, South Africa. February 2014.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Portrait of female farm worker planting Onions (Allium cepa) on Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, South Africa. She has onions tucked into her hood to keep the flying insects away,...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman planting Onions (Allium cepa) on Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, South Africa. October 2013.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman planting Onions (Allium cepa) on Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, South Africa. October 2013.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman planting Onions (Allium cepa) on Suikerbossie farm, Koue Bokkeveld / Cedarberg region, South Africa. October 2013.

Chris Mattison / Onion flower (Allium ascalonicum) in garden.

Pal Hermansen / Local vegetable market with onions (Allium cepa) Havana, Cuba, January.

Ernie Janes / Alliums in garden border, East Ruston, Norfolk, June 2013.

Ernie Janes / Alliums in garden border and summer house, Old Vicarage, East Ruston, Norfolk, June 2013.

Kerstin Hinze / White Ornamental onion or Showy onion (Allium rosenbachianum), cultivated in Botanical Garden Brunswick, Germany

Kerstin Hinze / Giant onion in flower (Allium giganteum), cultivated in Botanical Garden Brunswick, Germany

Ernie Janes / Vegetable garden with cabbages, lettuce and peas, Norfolk, UK, July

Ernie Janes / Harvested Onions laid out to dry in sun in garden allotment, UK

Ernie Janes / Harvested Onions laid out to dry in sun in vegetable garden, UK

Ernie Janes / Onions growing in vegatable garden, UK

Ernie Janes / Alllotment vegetable garden and shed in Garden Allotments, Sherringham, Norfolk, UK

Ernie Janes / Vegetable garden with rows of carrots, onions and beet spinach, Norfolk, UK

Nick Upton / Onion Bulb Fly (Eumerus strigatus) sun basking on a leaf. Wiltshire garden, UK, April.

Gary K. Smith / Potting shed storing harvested garden vegetables including Shallots Onions Chillies and Marrows, UK, September

Gary K. Smith / Maincrop Onions {Allium cepa} being dried on frames in large garden, Norfolk, UK, July

Gary K. Smith / Maincrop Onions {Allium cepa} being dried on frames in large garden, Norfolk, UK, July

Gary K. Smith / Homegrown Maincrop Onions, Red baron variety {Allium cepa}, on allotment ready for harvest, Norfolk, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Homegrown Maincrop Onions, 'New Fen Globe' variety {Allium cepa}, freshly harvested and drying outside in tray, Norfolk, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Maincrop Onions {Allium cepa} being dried on frames in large garden, Norfolk, UK, July

Gary K. Smith / Homegrown Maincrop Onions, Red baron variety {Allium cepa}, on allotment ready for harvest, Norfolk, UK, August

Gary K. Smith / Maincrop Onions {Allium cepa} being dried on frames in large garden, Norfolk, UK, July

Gary K. Smith / Garden shallots (Allium oschaninii) ready for planting, UK, cutout

Gary K. Smith / Bedfordshire Champion onions (Allium cepa) ready for harvest in vegetable garden, Norfolk, England, UK, August

Ingo Bartussek / Butterfly and Bumble bee on Onion flowers {Allium cepa} in garden, Germany

Gary K. Smith / Rustic potting shed still life with garden tools, Onion sets, Shallots, Runner bean and Potato seeds

Gary K. Smith / Woman planting line of Shallots {Allium oschaninii} in vegetable plot, Norfolk, UK, March

Gary K. Smith / Woman planting Shallots {Allium oschaninii} in small raised bed vegetable plot, Norfolk, UK, March

Nature Production / Onion {Allium cepa} growing in vegetable garden, Japan

Gary K. Smith / Gardener planting Onion sets on allotment, March, Norfolk, UK

Dan Burton / Onion plants in allotment garden {Allium cepa} Devon, UK

Dan Burton / Onion plants harvested in allotment garden {Allium cepa} Devon, UK

Will Watson / Three-cornered leek (Allium triquetrum) flowering in garden, Herefordshire Plateau, England, May, focus stacked.

Ernie Janes / Arrangement of Chinese Lanterns (Physalis alkekengi) and Allium seedheads from garden with secateurs.

Steve Nicholls / Wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum) a rare naturalised plant of the south-west of the UK. Bristol Botanic Gardens, June.

Steve Nicholls / Field garlic (Allium oleraceum) Cambridge Botanic Gardens, England, UK. June.

Philippe Clement / Allium karataviense / Allium cabulicum in flower, native to Asia. May

Philippe Clement / Allium karataviense / Allium cabulicum in flower, Asian species of onion, native to Asia. May