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Chives
Common Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Common chives are a clump-forming perennial with thin, hollow, onion-flavoured leaves used as a garnish and herb throughout European cooking. They are extremely easy to grow and produce pretty purple flowers in summer that are also edible. The plant dies back in winter and re-emerges reliably each spring.
Key facts
- Growth habit
- upright
- Produce type
- leaf
- Support
- none
- Sun
- full sun
- Days to harvest
- 60–220 days
- Watering
- low
- Frost sensitivity
- low
For all chives issues and threats, see the Chives page.