Mauve Garlic Chives seed

LATIN NAME: Allium tuberosum

COMMON NAME: Garlic Chives

The garlic chives open their small, white, starry heads above the flat, grassy leaves, and the whole plant stands in the dense, neat clumps. The low, clump-forming, perennial herb carries the flat, strap-shaped, bright-green leaves and the loose, rounded heads of the small, white, star-shaped flowers through the late summer, one of the fine, bright sights of the herb bed, drawing the bees and the butterflies. The flat leaves have a long record as the fine, garlic-scented herb of the warm tables, and the plant is a fine, historic presence of the herb garden. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The garlic chives are a historic subject of the plant science, and the starry heads keep showing up in the work on the allium herbs. The chemistry of the flat, strap-shaped leaves, which carry the fine, garlic-like scent of the warm kitchens, has been studied at length, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the allium herbs, the hardy greens and the members of the onion family. The strap-shaped leaves and the clump-forming habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the garlic chives are a regular subject of the work on the starry heads of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The garlic chives are a fine, generous herb of the herb bed and the kitchen garden. The flat, strap-shaped, bright-green leaves have a long record as the fine, garlic-scented herb of the warm tables, the fresh leaves cut into the stir-fries, the dumplings and the salads of the warm kitchens, while the loose, rounded heads of the small, white, star-shaped flowers open through the late summer, one of the fine, bright sights of the herb bed, drawing the bees. The plant is one of the fine choices for the herb bed, the kitchen garden and the study collection, and it has been written about in the culinary and the botanical papers for the garlic-scented leaves and the very long history. It is a fine, generous herb of the open, sunny, deep, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young plants the deep, moist bed, and the starry heads will rise in the first season.

To grow the garlic chives from seed, sow the small, black, ridged seeds just under the surface of the pot of fine, gritty soil, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings come through within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, moist, well-drained ground, the starry heads will rise through the late summer.

Uses: Culinary/Medicinal
Has the same great garlic flavour as the previous form but features attractive mauve flowers