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Chives Plant

Snip and sprinkle to dial up the flavour

Grown by Josh

South Downs National Park

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Chives Plant Vegetables
Chives Plant Vegetables
Chives Plant Vegetables
Chives Plant Vegetables

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The highlights

  • Fresh green foliage with lilac purple flowers in summer
  • Grow in pots indoors or on a patio or balcony
  • Perfect for topping soups, dishes and supergrain salads
  • Ridiculously easy to grow

Description

  • A herb garden essential! This easy to grow perennial looks great too, with fresh green upright leaves and fluffy purple edible flowers
  • Perfect for dips, couscous salads, potato dishes and garnishes, with a fresh onion flavour. Just snip what you need when you need it
  • Nectar rich and attractive to bees, this plant has been awarded RHS Plants for Pollinators status
  • Fully hardy chives also make a great companion plant. Grow alongside your vegetable crops to deter pests
  • Plant out in spring or summer and pick all year round
  • Premium herb plants grown on a family run farm in Lancashire and sent to you at the best possible time for planting
  • Growing your own gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you can buy from a shop, with no waste
  • Easy to grow and care for - you should see your first crop within 4-5 weeks

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Garden-ready Plant in 8.5cm Pot
Garden-ready Plants in 8.5cm Pots (Triple Pack)
Garden-ready Plants in 8.5cm Pots (Six Pack)
Garden-ready Plants in 8.5cm Pots (Nine Pack)

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

30cm
30cm
30cm
30cm

Eventual spread:

10-30cm
Spreads approx 10-30cm
10-30cm
Spreads approx 10-30cm
10-30cm
Spreads approx 10-30cm
10-30cm
Spreads approx 10-30cm

Tasting notes:

Fresh, concentrated onion flavour
Fresh, concentrated onion flavour
Fresh, concentrated onion flavour
Fresh, concentrated onion flavour

Time to first crop:

4-5 weeks
Once the plant has established itself you can start harvesting the leaves. It is best to harvest them right from the bottom of the plant as you need them. The purple flowers are also edible and are usually in bloom from May-July.
4-5 weeks
Once the plant has established itself you can start harvesting the leaves. It is best to harvest them right from the bottom of the plant as you need them. The purple flowers are also edible and are usually in bloom from May-July.
4-5 weeks
Once the plant has established itself you can start harvesting the leaves. It is best to harvest them right from the bottom of the plant as you need them. The purple flowers are also edible and are usually in bloom from May-July.
4-5 weeks
Once the plant has established itself you can start harvesting the leaves. It is best to harvest them right from the bottom of the plant as you need them. The purple flowers are also edible and are usually in bloom from May-July.

Flower colour:

Purple
Rounded heads of light purple edible flowers
Purple
Rounded heads of light purple edible flowers
Purple
Rounded heads of light purple edible flowers
Purple
Rounded heads of light purple edible flowers

Habit:

Clump forming
Grows as clumps of foliage with a compact centre
Clump forming
Grows as clumps of foliage with a compact centre
Clump forming
Grows as clumps of foliage with a compact centre
Clump forming
Grows as clumps of foliage with a compact centre

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
H6 - hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
Fully hardy
H6 - hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
Fully hardy
H6 - hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
Fully hardy
H6 - hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)

Uses:

Chop and add to everything as a garnish or to add flavour. Great with potato dishes, couscous salads and to top soups and dips.
Chop and add to everything as a garnish or to add flavour. Great with potato dishes, couscous salads and to top soups and dips.
Chop and add to everything as a garnish or to add flavour. Great with potato dishes, couscous salads and to top soups and dips.
Chop and add to everything as a garnish or to add flavour. Great with potato dishes, couscous salads and to top soups and dips.

Rootstock:

Spacing:

15-20cm
Plant 15-20cm apart to allow for spreading
15-20cm
Plant 15-20cm apart to allow for spreading
15-20cm
Plant 15-20cm apart to allow for spreading
15-20cm
Plant 15-20cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

Slugs and aphids can be a problem for rocket. To prevent slug damage, keep the area around the plants as clean and dry as possible, especially during the night. Use barriers such as crushed egg shells or copper wire.

Water regularly

Feel the soil and if it is dry to the touch a fingernail deep, then give the plant a watering. On hot, summer days, this means watering once a day.

Full sun to partial shade

Grows best in a position with at least 4-6 hours of direct sunlight

Any fertile, well-draining soil

Thrives in any well-drained soil. If your soil is particularly clay-heavy and/or often becomes waterlogged then you can improve the drainage by adding in plenty of organic matter such as garden compost as well as some perlite or gravel.

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