chives
Allium schoenoprasum
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size12 to 18 inches tall12 to 18 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Purple
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) is a vegetable for borders, containers, and food gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It is one of the more cold-hardy crops and can keep growing through light freezes with some winter protection. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first. Purple flowers open in spring and again in summer, and bees and butterflies visit them.
Pairs well with Dark Opal basil, Sage, and Helene Von Stein lamb’s ear.
Native range
Temperate Northern Hemisphere.