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Chives grow best in full sun and need at least six to eight hours of sunlight daily in order to thrive. Indoors, place them in a south-facing window for maximum sunlight exposure. Soil
Chives thrive in well-drained soil, rich in organic matter, with a pH of 6–7 and full sun. [30] They can be grown from seed and mature in summer, or early the following spring. Typically, chives need to be germinated at a temperature of 15 to 20 °C (59 to 68 °F) and kept moist.
Chives are easy to grow so you probably won’t need to do much of anything once they’re established in your garden. They do best in a full-sun site with loamy soil but can grow in part shade.
You also need to make sure you give the plant the correct sun exposure: Full sun is considered 6 or more hours of direct sunlight per day, while part sun is about half that. Shade is no direct ...
Allium tuberosum (garlic chives, Oriental garlic, Asian chives, Chinese chives, Chinese leek) is a species of plant native to the Chinese province of Shanxi, and cultivated and naturalized elsewhere in Asia and around the world. [1] [4] [5] [6] It has a number of uses in Asian cuisine.
Allium senescens, commonly called aging chive, [4] German garlic, or broadleaf chives, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Allium ...
Chives are perennial plants, and with a little care, they will return in the next season. If you live in a location where it frosts, you generally have two options: let the plant die off and await ...
Common names include Hooker chives and garlic chives. Allium hookeri produces thick, fleshy roots and a cluster of thin bulbs. Scapes are up top 60 cm tall. Leaves are flat and narrow, about the same length as the scapes but only 1 cm across. Umbels are crowded with many white or greenish-yellow flowers. [2] [3] [4] [5]