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, also called civet or civet, is 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...
23 October 2024
Chives
- Type : Aromatic plants
- Subtype : Leafy vegetables
- Botanical Family : Liliaceae
Characteristics
- Lifecycle : Perennial
- Exposure : Full Sun
- Frost Hardiness : Frost Resistant
- Cultivation Difficulty : Easy
- Adult 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
Seeds
- Soil Type : Humus-rich
- Soil pH Preference : Neutral
- Pest Sensitivity : Low
- Disease Sensitivity : Low
- Weed Sensitivity : Low
- Pollination : Insect-pollinated
- Propagation : Division