Chives
£6.50
notes
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are a must-have and easy to grow perennial herb. The slender, mid-green stems produce clusters of brilliant purple-white, button-like flowers which add a cheerful colour to a garden border. These flowers are also attractive to native pollinators.
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Dimensions
Pot Size: 1L (14cm / 6in)
Features
notes
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are a must-have and easy to grow perennial herb. The slender, mid-green stems produce clusters of brilliant purple-white, button-like flowers which add a cheerful colour to a garden border. These flowers are also attractive to native pollinators.
Insights
Not only decorative, the flowers have a distinctive taste, making them great for sprinkling over summer salads. And of course the snipped young leaves are perfect paired with cheese, eggs or potatoes.
Details
- Deciduous perennial
- Fully hardy
- Flowers: July - August
- Low maintenance
- Relatively disease and pest free
Planting
- Any moist, well-drained soil
- Any aspect
- Full sun or partial shade
- Exposed or sheltered
Care
- Grown in peat free compost in a biodegradable pot made from waste coir and natural latex. Pop the discarded coir pot in the green bin, leave out for birds to use for nesting, use as mulch or add to compost heap.
- Cut back after flowering or merely remove dead flower heads.
Scent
Strong onion or garlic scent.
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