Chives are a small bulbus culinary herb that has thin, tubular grass-like foliage with a mild taste of onion and edible flowers. Fragrant lavender global clusters resembling clovers bloom from late spring into summer. Grows best with light afternoon shade in the South and dry to medium well-drained soils. When crushed the foliage smells like onion.
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Type:
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Perennial
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Origins:
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Northern Hemisphere
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Height:
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1' - 1.5'
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Spread:
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1' - 1.5'
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Spacing:
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1'
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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4 - 8
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Culture:
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Full Sun, Part Sun
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Bloom Color:
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Purple
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Season of Interest:
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Spring, Summer
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Bulb rot will occur in overly moist or poorly drained soils. Watch for mildew, rust, and leaf spot. Thrips are occasional problems.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Switchgrass, Russian Sage, Stonecrop
IMAGES: Jerzy Opioła, Allium schoenoprasum a1, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Donar Reiskoffer, Allium schoenoprasum, flowers, CC BY 3.0, (3) Karelj, Allium schoenoprasum Prague 2014 2, CC BY-SA 3.0, (4) GT1976, 2018-05-13 (115) Allium schoenoprasum (chives) at Bichlhäusl in Frankenfels, Austria, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
