Chives
Growing vegetables
How to cut chives so that they grow back?
Still called civet, the chive is a condiment very appreciated in cooking. Its fine, fragrant leaves add a special flavour to dishes. In addition to the leaves, the chive's flowers, which are shaped like spherical purple umbrellas, are also edible....
21 September 2021
Growing vegetables
Where to plant chives in the garden?
Chives are an aromatic herb very popular in the vegetable garden. This easy-to-grow perennial grows in clumps of thin leaves that have the flavor of a fresh onion and are milder than garlic. At the end of spring, it adorns...
23 October 2024
Growing vegetables
How do you cut chives so that they grow back?
Also known as ‘civette’, chives are a much-loved condiment in cooking. Their fine, fragrant leaves add a distinctive flavour to dishes. As well as the leaves, the flowers of the chive – which take the form of spherical, mauve umbels...
12 September 2026
Chives
- Type : Aromatic plants
- Subtype : Leafy vegetables
- Botanical Family : Liliaceae
Characteristics
- Lifecycle : Perennial
- Exposure : Full Sun
- Frost Hardiness : Frost Resistant
- Cultivation Difficulty : Easy
- Mature height : 25 cm
Sowing & Planting
- Greenhouse Growing : Not Required
- Sowing Depth : 1 cm
- Plant Spacing : 10 cm
- Row Spacing : 15 cm
Maintenance
- Maintenance : Low
- Water Requirements : Moderate
Other characteristics
- Soil Type : Humus-rich
- Soil pH Preference : Neutral
- Pest Sensitivity : Low
- Disease Sensitivity : Low
- Weed Sensitivity : Low
- Pollination : Insect-pollinated
- Propagation : Division