Chives Organic - 40 Seeds

Chives, or Allium Schoenoprasum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae that produces edible leaves and flowers.  Their close relatives include the common onion, garlic, shallow, leek, scallion and Chinese Onion.

Chives is a perennial plant and are commonly used as a herb, it can be found in grocery stores or grown in home gardens.  Chives have insect-repelling properties that can be used in the garden to control pests.

The plant also provides a great deal of nectar for pollinators.

Chives are a bulb-forming herbaceous perennial plant, growing to 30-50cm tall.  The bulbs are slender, conical, 2-3cm long and 1cm broad, and grow in dense clusters from the roots.  The scapes are hollow and tubular, up to 50cm long and 2-3mm across, with a soft texture, although, prior to the emergence of a flower, they may appear stiffer than usual.  The grass like leaves, which are shorter than the scapes, are also hollow and tubular, or terete which distinguishes it at a glance from garlic chives.

The flowers are pale purple and star shaped with six petals, 1-2cm wide and produced in a dense inflorescence of 10-30 together; before opening, the inflorescence is surrounded by a papery bract.  The seeds are produced in a small, three valved capsule, maturing in summer.

Quantity: 20 Chives Organic Seeds

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