Chives
- Botanical Name
- Allium schoenoprasum
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 8
- Height
- 12 inches
- Width
- 18 inches
- Flowers
- Late spring to early summer: 1 inch dense spherical umbel, pale purple
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Well drained, tolerates moist
- Planting & Care
- Chive seeds germinate in temperatures 45 F to 95 F
- Plants can be direct seeded in spring or brought in as transplants or divisions
- Space plants 12 to 18 inches apart in the garden
- Plants will benefit from being dug and divided every 3 years
- Removing the flowers will help prevent re-seeding and mid-summer dormancy
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Forescate - rose red flowers
- Corsica - white flowers
- Albiflorum - white flowers
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