Chives

Chives are commonly used as a culinary herb to impart mild onion flavor to many foods, including salads, soups, vegetables, and sauces. The plants also have good ornamental value. The flowers are an important source of pollen and nectar early in the growing season, when not much else is flowering. Attractive, globular, clover-like clusters of pale purple flowers subtended by papery bracts appear in spring and summer on scapes (stems) often rising above the foliage to 18" tall. Flower heads can be used as a garnish for soups and salads.

Common Name: Chives

Latin Name: Allium schoenoprasum

H x W: 1-1.5' x 1-1.5'

Light Requirements: Sun

Habit: Clump

Plant Uses: Leaves

Key Function: Ben attractor