Common Name: Chives, Common
Scientific Name: Allium schoenoprasum
Description: Perennial. Mild Onion flavor. Chives are excellent in many dishes; great raw or cooked. Lavender flowers.
Sprouts in: 7-14 days
Ideal Temp: 55-60F
Seed Depth: 1/8"
Plant Spacing: 3-9" apart
Frost Hardy: YES
Min Full Sun: 2-6 hrs
Planting Instructions: Keep seeds consistently moist until germination. Set outside around last frost date of spring, or direct-seed in the garden at about that time.
Information source Baker Creek 2024
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