Herb > Chives
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One of the main reasons for growing chives is to harvest the edible foliage, which enhance the flavour of many savoury dishes. Small groups of bright, purplish-pink flowers and hollow, dark green foliage. This fast-growing plant also has brilliant-pink summer flowers. Perfect for a sunny border or for growing in sizable pots.
Location: full sun.
Soil Type: fertile, damp good draining soil.
Growth Rate: vigorous.
Flowering Period: July to August.
Flower Colour: purplish-pink.
Other Characteristics: edible, dark green foliage (chives)Hardiness: fully hardy.
Plant Care: Split and seperate sizable clumps in fall or spring.
Matches: Astrantia major 'Hadspen Blood', Erygium variefolium, Salvia x sylvestris 'Mainacht', Echinops ritro, Perovskia 'Blue Spire', Stipa tenuissima