Enhance your garden with West Coast Seeds Chives, a hardy perennial herb that adds a fresh, mild green onion flavor to your dishes. Easy to grow and maintain, chives are perfect for sandwiches, salads, baked potatoes, and more. Both the chopped stems and pink flowers are edible, offering versatility in the kitchen and an attractive addition to your garden. Ideal for container gardening and xeriscaping, chives are drought-tolerant and can even be harvested throughout winter with some protection from extreme cold.
Key Features:
- Fresh Flavor: Adds a mild green onion taste to a variety of dishes.
- Hardy Perennial: Grows easily year-round, even in colder climates.
- Edible Flowers: Pink blooms attract beneficial insects and can be used in salads and vinegars.
- Versatile Growing: Suitable for garden beds, containers, and xeriscaping.
- Easy Maintenance: Divide clumps in spring or fall to promote healthy growth.
Growing Instructions:
- Season & Zone: Best grown in cool seasons with full sun exposure. Hardy to Zone 3.
- Timing: Start indoors from late winter through mid-spring. Transplant or direct sow once the soil has warmed in late spring.
- Starting: Sow seeds 5mm-1cm (¼-½”) deep and keep moist until germination. For indoor starting, use bottom heat and plant 10-15 seeds per cell in a 72-cell plug tray. Transplant clumps 15cm (6″) apart.
Growing Tips:
- Soil and Watering: Maintain even moisture throughout the season. Use loamy potting mix for container planting.
- Maintenance: Remove flower stems before they open to increase foliage production. Divide clumps once they spread to about 30cm (12″) across.
- Winter Care: For a winter crop, dig up a small clump in the fall, plant in a container, and place on a bright windowsill indoors.
Harvesting:
- Optimal Harvest: Cut the whole plant down to 4cm (2″) from the ground as needed. Use fresh portions regularly, as chives don’t dehydrate well. The flowers can be used in salads or to flavor vinegars.
Companion Planting:
- Beneficial Companions: Plant with carrots, tomatoes, and Brassicas to improve flavor and repel pests like aphids, carrot rust fly, and Japanese beetles.
- Avoid Planting Near: Beans and peas.
Choose West Coast Seeds Chives for a reliable, flavorful, and easy-to-grow addition to your garden. Order now to enjoy fresh, homegrown chives year-round.
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Enhance your garden with West Coast Seeds Chives, a hardy perennial herb that adds a fresh, mild green onion flavor to your dishes. Easy to grow and maintain, chives are perfect for sandwiches, salads, baked potatoes, and more. Both the chopped stems and pink flowers are edible, offering versatility in the kitchen and an attractive addition to your garden. Ideal for container gardening and xeriscaping, chives are drought-tolerant and can even be harvested throughout winter with some protection from extreme cold.
Key Features:
- Fresh Flavor: Adds a mild green onion taste to a variety of dishes.
- Hardy Perennial: Grows easily year-round, even in colder climates.
- Edible Flowers: Pink blooms attract beneficial insects and can be used in salads and vinegars.
- Versatile Growing: Suitable for garden beds, containers, and xeriscaping.
- Easy Maintenance: Divide clumps in spring or fall to promote healthy growth.
Growing Instructions:
- Season & Zone: Best grown in cool seasons with full sun exposure. Hardy to Zone 3.
- Timing: Start indoors from late winter through mid-spring. Transplant or direct sow once the soil has warmed in late spring.
- Starting: Sow seeds 5mm-1cm (¼-½”) deep and keep moist until germination. For indoor starting, use bottom heat and plant 10-15 seeds per cell in a 72-cell plug tray. Transplant clumps 15cm (6″) apart.
Growing Tips:
- Soil and Watering: Maintain even moisture throughout the season. Use loamy potting mix for container planting.
- Maintenance: Remove flower stems before they open to increase foliage production. Divide clumps once they spread to about 30cm (12″) across.
- Winter Care: For a winter crop, dig up a small clump in the fall, plant in a container, and place on a bright windowsill indoors.
Harvesting:
- Optimal Harvest: Cut the whole plant down to 4cm (2″) from the ground as needed. Use fresh portions regularly, as chives don’t dehydrate well. The flowers can be used in salads or to flavor vinegars.
Companion Planting:
- Beneficial Companions: Plant with carrots, tomatoes, and Brassicas to improve flavor and repel pests like aphids, carrot rust fly, and Japanese beetles.
- Avoid Planting Near: Beans and peas.
Choose West Coast Seeds Chives for a reliable, flavorful, and easy-to-grow addition to your garden. Order now to enjoy fresh, homegrown chives year-round.
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