Alex Hyde / Keeled garlic flowers (Allium carinatum subsp. carinatum) flowers on black background, Julian Alps, Slovenia. July

Ross Hoddinott / Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) close-up, Combe Valley, Cornwall, UK. May 2014.

Gary K. Smith / Home grown Onions ( Allium cepa) varieties 'Red baron', and 'new fen globe' drying off for winter storage, UK, August

Ross Hoddinott / RF- Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) and fern, Coombe Valley, Cornwall, UK. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Ernie Janes / Few-flowered garlic (Allium paradoxum ) invasive plant, Norfolk, England, UK.

Ernie Janes / Few-flowered garlic (Allium paradoxum ) invasive plant, Norfolk, England, UK.

Chris Mattison / Pink lily leek (Allium oreophilum) from Central Asia (in cultivation).

Nick Upton / Footpath through woodland carpeted with Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum), Wiltshire, UK, April 2020.

Nick Upton / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) carpet flowering in woodland understory, Wiltshire, UK, April.

John Waters / Wild Garlic or Ramsons (Allium ursinum) carpet the deciduous woodland floor of Prior's Wood in spring, Avon Wildlife Trust Reserve, near Bristol, UK, April.

Ross Hoddinott / Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) close-up, Combe Valley, Cornwall, UK. May.

Nick Upton / Digger wasp (Sphex flavipennis) nectaring on Wild leek / Elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum) flowering on sand dunes, Majorca south coast, May.

Linda Pitkin / Ramsons / Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) and Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scriptus) Glover's Wood (WT), Surrey, England, April.

Nick Upton / Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) carpeting woodland floor in spring, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Footpath through Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) carpeting woodland floor in spring, Wiltshire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Woman walking along a footpath through woodland carpeted with Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) during the Coronavirus lockdown period, Wiltshire, UK, April 2020. Model released.

Linda Pitkin / Wild onion (Allium vineale), umbel with bulbils germinating, Richmond, Surrey, England, June.

Linda Pitkin / Wild garlic (Allium ursinum), in woodland, Kitchen Copse (SWT), Bletchingley, Surrey, England, May.

Linda Pitkin / Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) The Ledges, Esher Common SSSI, Surrey, England, May.

Linda Pitkin / Three-cornered garlic (Allium triquetrum) in flower, Frylands Wood, Farleigh, Surrey, England, May.

Linda Pitkin / Neapolitan garlic (Allium neopolitanum) in flower. Molesey Cemetery, West Molesey, Surrey, England, May.

Sylvain Cordier / Market stalls at side of road with tomatoes, onions and watermelons for sale. Debre Libanos market, Rift Valley, Ethiopia. 2017.

Steve Nicholls / Babbington's leek (Allium ampeloprasum; var babbington) a variety of wild leek naturalised around the southwest of England. It's flowers are sterile and it produces bulbils which germinate on...

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 / Rosy garlic (Allium roseum) naturalised in the Avon Gorge, Bristol, England, UK, June.

Steve Nicholls / Ramsons or wild garlic (Aliium ursinum) Westridge Woods, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Steve Nicholls / Ramsons or wild garlic (Aliium ursinum) flower with white background.

Steve Nicholls / Honey garlic (Nectaroscordium siculum) naturalised in the Avon Gorge, Clifton suspension bridge in distance, Bristol, England, UK, June.

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

Steve Nicholls / Crow garlic (Allium vineale) with bulbils germinating on the flower head. Shapwick Heath, Somerset, England, UK, July.

Steve Nicholls / Crow garlic (Allium vineale) with bulbils germinating on the flower head. Shapwick Heath, Somerset, England, UK, July.

David Woodfall / Pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria euphrosyne) feeding on Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) flowers. Threatened species. Dark form. Wales, UK. May.

David Woodfall / Pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria euphrosyne) feeding on Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) flowers. Wales, UK. May.

David Woodfall / Pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria euphrosyne) feeding on Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) flowers. Threatened species. Dark form, Wales, UK. May.

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

Philippe Clement / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides nonscriptus) and Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) in flower in spring forest, Belgium, April

Linda Pitkin / Ramsons or Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) and Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scriptus) growing alongside Welland Ghyll, Glover's Wood Woodland Trust reserve, Charlwood, Surrey, England. April.

Peter Lewis / Path leading through woodland with flowering h Wild Garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) Hampshire, England, UK, May.

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

Nigel Cattlin / Onion fly (Delia antiqua) on onion plant, a cosmopolitan pest of Onions (Allium cepa) and other crops.

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

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

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

Phil Savoie / Orange legged furrow bee (Halictus rubicundus) feeding on Ornamental onion (Allium) flowers, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. May.

Phil Savoie / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queen feeding on Chive (Allium schoenoprasum) flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.

Phil Savoie / Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), queen feeding on Chive (Allium schoenoprasum) flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.

Phil Savoie / Early bumblebee (Bombus partorum) feeding on Chive flower (Allium schoenoprasum), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June