This is what I call "DoBond Shallot" that I bought last fall at DoBond Market in hopes they might be a kind of "potato onion" since they were wider on the sides vs. top to bottom as are regular shallots. There are many more in that container garden. So far no real bulb yet but they HAVE divided quite a bit after a few months. I planted these three in a new container garden in the south bed to see if they make a bulb or continue to divide....maybe even be perennial. They came from China. John