Description
Allium schoenoprasum – Chives –
matures in 80 days, space 6″ inches apart and they grow 15-18″ inches tall
harvest – anytime for fresh eating, young onions to as scallions, for full sized bulbs, don’t pull until bulbs are big and starts to yellow and fall over
This bulbous perennial is native Europe, Asia, and North America and grows 12-24” tall in neat small neat clumps. It bears dark green 14” long leaves used for flavoring and garnishing. It produces dense ball like umbels, 1” across of mauve flowers in late spring and summer, which are edible. Plant in full or part shade keep well watered and divide every 2 or 3 years.
‘Forescate’ is a vigorous cultivar reaching 24” tall and has rose pink flowers.
They prefer to grow in open sunny position in fertile well-drained, weed free soil.
Prone to onion fly, stem eelworm, rust, onion white rot, bulb rots, White rot, mildew, smut and various fungal leaf spots thrips.
Zones 5-10
