GARLIC CHIVES. Sometimes called Chinese Chives

GARLIC CHIVES. Sometimes called Chinese Chives Description

GARLIC CHIVES

A perennial herb sometimes called Chinese Chives.

Similar to chives, they look like grass but have a gentle spicy aroma and a distinct but mild flavour of garlic.

A member of the onion family they are very easy to grow.

Garlic chives will thrive and grow vigorously on any fertile, moist but well drained site in full sun.

A relatively new vegetable in the western world, garlic chives are well known in Asian cuisine.

Grows slowly in expanding clumps and besides its use as a vegetable the plants attractive flowers ensure that it is sometimes grown in perennial borders.

Both the leaves and the stalks of the flowers are used as flavouring as well as a stir fry ingredient.

The flowers can also be used as a spice.

Garlic chives are extremely hardy and can survive very low temperatures (some clumps have been known to survive -35 C) in winter and sprout again in spring when the temperature rises.

To speed seed germination, it is generally recommended that seeds be soaked in warm water (below 40 C) for about 24 hours prior to sowing.

Detailed growing instructions are on the back of each packet

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We want you to be happy with your purchase and all our Chive seed is checked and inspected visually before packing. In the unlikely event of a problem please advise us within 48hrs of delivery. Due to the nature of the product we cannot accept any responsibility for failure after planting as pests, disease, poor horticultural practice, extremes of weather and many other factors outside our control all take their toll. Garlic Chive seed will only be accepted for return after seller has been informed and given permission. Refunds will be issued when items are received back in saleable condition within 14 days from original dispatch date. Buyer must pay all return charges except where an item has been dispatched in error. A member of the onion family they are very easy to grow. Similar to chives, they look like grass but have a gentle spicy aroma and distinct but mild flavour of garlic. The plants attractive flowers ensure that it is sometimes grown in perennial borders.