Chives Seeds – Allium schoenoprasum

Grow your own fresh, flavourful herbs with Chives Seeds (Allium schoenoprasum). This popular perennial herb produces slender, grass-like leaves with a delicate, mild onion flavour, perfect for adding to salads, soups, sauces, potatoes and egg dishes. Easy to grow in herb gardens, raised beds, pots and containers, chives also produce beautiful, edible purple flowers that attract bees and other pollinators. A wonderful addition to any kitchen garden, providing fresh harvests year after year.

Chives Seeds – Allium schoenoprasum

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Grow Chives

Chives are straightforward to grow from seed and don't need much attention once established. Start them in pots or sow outside in spring, keep young plants watered and you'll soon have a clump that can provide fresh leaves for years.

Sow

Sow from March to May in pots, modules or directly outside once the soil has warmed. Sow a small pinch of seeds together, cover with around 0.5–1cm of compost or soil and keep moist while they germinate.

Plant & Grow On

Plant established seedlings outside in sun or light shade, leaving around 20–30cm between clumps. Chives are equally happy growing in the ground or in containers near the kitchen door.

Pick & Divide

Snip leaves near the base once plants are established and they'll grow back. Older clumps can be divided every few years to keep them vigorous and give you extra plants for elsewhere in the garden.

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