- Allium tuberosum, or Garlic Chives, has a subtle garlic flavor and is perfect for cooking. This perennial has flowers during the summer months that are edible. Their nectar attracts bees and some gardeners even cut the flowers for arrangements, and they dry well too.
- Garlic chives are a 12 inch tall perennial herb growing in USDSA zones 4 – 9.
- Garlic Chives have bulbs that can be used like a small green onion. Harvest the leaves by hand as soon as they reach about 6 inches. The bulbs are ready for harvest once flowers have budded.
- Chives prefer full sun to partial shade and rich, well-drained soil. Measure rows of seed 18 inches apart and thin seedlings to 6 – 8 inches when they are 2 inches tall.
- Sowing Rate: 1 – 2 seeds per inch. Start Chives directly outdoors after danger of frost has passed. Press the seed into the soil, cover with 1/8 inch of soil and keep it moist. With a temperature of 70F, germination is usually in 21 days.
