Common Name: Chives
Type: Bulb
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Native Range: Balkans, Siberia, Asia Minor
Zone: 4 to 8
Height: 1 to 1.5 feet
Spread: 1 to 1.5 feet
Bloom Time: April to May
Bloom Description: Purple
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Attracts: Bees, flies, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
Pollinators like variety and Chives are a perfect addition to a pollinator friendly garden. Chives are small bulbous perennials and are commonly used to incorporate an onion flavor to foods. These plants also have ornamental qualities, with interesting globe shaped flowers on top of scapes (stems). The foliage is tubular, thin, and grass-like. Chives grow in dense clumps and can spread quickly. The flower heads can also be used as a pretty garnish.
Very easy to grow, they can be grouped in mass or used as an edging in herb or vegetable gardens. They are also used in rock gardens or along borders. Very diverse, they can be grown in pots and divisions from in ground plantings can be potted in the fall and brought indoors and can be used fresh all year long.
Horticulture and Pollinator Information:
Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=j270
Plants for a Future
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+schoenoprasum
Type: Bulb
Family: Amaryllidaceae
Native Range: Balkans, Siberia, Asia Minor
Zone: 4 to 8
Height: 1 to 1.5 feet
Spread: 1 to 1.5 feet
Bloom Time: April to May
Bloom Description: Purple
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Attracts: Bees, flies, Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
Pollinators like variety and Chives are a perfect addition to a pollinator friendly garden. Chives are small bulbous perennials and are commonly used to incorporate an onion flavor to foods. These plants also have ornamental qualities, with interesting globe shaped flowers on top of scapes (stems). The foliage is tubular, thin, and grass-like. Chives grow in dense clumps and can spread quickly. The flower heads can also be used as a pretty garnish.
Very easy to grow, they can be grouped in mass or used as an edging in herb or vegetable gardens. They are also used in rock gardens or along borders. Very diverse, they can be grown in pots and divisions from in ground plantings can be potted in the fall and brought indoors and can be used fresh all year long.
Horticulture and Pollinator Information:
Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=j270
Plants for a Future
http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Allium+schoenoprasum