Allium schoenoprasum
Chives, Schnittlaugh
- Height × spread
- 0.3m – 0.3m × 0.05m – 0.05m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
With its delicate onion flavour, chives are mostly grown as an edible herb, but they have ornamental value too. Grassy hollow foliage is topped with a white or purple bobble in summer, much loved by the bees. Grows to a height/spread of 30cm. It works well in a pot, handy to keep close by to pick and eat.
- Flower colour
- Grey, Lilac, Pink, Purple
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Round
- Height
- 0.3m – 0.3m
- Spread
- 0.05m – 0.05m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Seaside garden, Scented garden, Rock garden, Herb garden, Gravel garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Coloured stems, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Bee attraction, Butterfly attraction
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- Yes, some poisonous
AutumnNow
Autumn · Planting
Remove offsets to create new plants
Offsets are small plants or shoots that develop around the parent plant. They should have developed a root system of their own before they are detached. They can be planted directly, or grown in pots if so small they could be 'lost' in the garden.
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
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