Chives Seed

An onion-flavoured grass-like herb can be used in soups, chopped in salads and is especially good in home-made cheese.

Recommended by the RHS to be an excellent attractant and nectar source for bees and other beneficial insects.

• Hardy perennial.
• Evergreen in most climates, but can die back in harsh Winters.
• Needs to be cut regularly.
• Cylindrical leaves.
• Mild onion flavour.
• Pretty pink-purple flowers like pom-poms, from June to August.
• Likes a sunny position, will tolerate shade.
• Likes rich, moist but well-drained soil. Will tolerate poorer soils.
• Remove flowers for best flavour, but flowers can be used in salads.
• Split / divide in spring every 3 - 4 years.
• Can be grown indoors or out.
• Sow outdoors in spring in drills 10" (25 cm) apart.
• Thin the seedlings to 6" (15 cm) when large enough to handle.
• Seeds usually take more than two weeks to germinate.
• If germinating indoors at 70F (21C) they should do so in about six days.
• Usually reach 12 - 24" (30 - 60 cm) tall.
• Always leave 2" (5 cm) for best regrowth.

• Culinary Uses.
• Flowers can be used in salads.
• Leaves can be used in salads, omelettes, sandwiches, cream cheese and so much more!

• Medicinal Uses.
• Contain mild antibiotics and some iron.
• A source of Vitamin C.
• Can stimulate your appetite
• Can improve your digestion and help with intestinal problems.
• Can be used as a mild laxative.
• Homeopaths use to treat colds and bronchitis.

• Other Uses.
• Can be used to deter aphids and mildew.

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