Chives have a mild onion flavour with the leaves cut for use in salads, soups and sandwiches. It is easy to grow and will also provide your garden with lovely little ball headed flowers. Perennial.
This variety is part of our naturally nurtured range, the seed comes from an organic source
🌱 Seasonal Growing Guide
SPRING:
Early spring in plug trays for transplanting into pots. In late spring you can sow in situ when the soil is a little warmer. Clear around established clumps and perhaps feed them. Divide clumps up every three years or so into smaller clumps, replant adding a little boost of compost
SUMMER
Remove the flower stems to encourage more leaves.
AUTUMN
Pot up a clump for the windowsill to give you fresh chives in the winter.
đź“ŚUSES
EDIBLE
Tasty mild onion flavour, the flowers can be used as an edible garnish
WILDLIFE FRIENDLY
The round purple flower heads are a favourite of honeybees (Apis mellifera) and buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris), offering plenty of nectar.
Hoverflies often visit, helping control aphids by laying eggs nearby.
The flowers also attract small butterflies like small whites (Pieris rapae) on warm days.
If you leave some flowers to seed, they can provide shelter for beneficial insects over winter.
Chives are recognised by the RHS as a valuable pollinator plant, making them a great addition to wildlife-friendly gardens.
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