CHIVES COMMON

[ Allium Schoenoprasum ] 
 

Season: Perennial
Height: 11-20 Inches
Bloom Season: Summer
Environment: Full Sun/Partrial Shade/Moist, but Well Drained
Zones: 3-9

Chives Common [ Allium Schoenoprasum ] is the standard variety to grow in the garden, and the plant produces small lavender flowers and hollow stems that are edible, smelling and tasting mildly of onion.  Use in soups, scrambled eggs, soft cheeses, mashed potatoes and salads. Can be used fresh, dried or frozen. Grow in small clumps and divide every couple of years.  The leaves are very cold hardy. Hardy and easy to transplant. Seedlings can be transplanted four weeks after germination.

PLANTING

Sow Inside: Before last frost
Sow Outside: Spring after last frost
Seed Depth: 1/4 Inch
Days to Emerge: 7 to 14

Chives Common Allium Schoenoprasum Seeds