Chinese chives
Also known as: fragrant-flowered garlic; garlic chives; oriental garlic
Vigorous bulbous plant to 50cm tall, forming a clump of narrow, edible leaves, with umbels of small, fragrant, star-shaped white flowers in late summer and autumn
Scientific classification
- Species
- Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum)
- Genus
- Allium
- Family
- Amaryllidaceae
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- Toxicity
- Bulbs
- Plant type
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
- Clump forming
- Habit
- Spring · Summer · Autumn
- Season of interest
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of Chinese chives
Distribution map
Himalaya China
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of Chinese chives
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Chinese chives care guide
- Consistently moist soil layer, extra irrigation during hot dry summer days
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
Watering
Consistently moist soil layer, extra irrigation during hot dry summer days
Fertilizing
FertilizingBalanced herb liquid feed biweekly full spring and summer growth season
Pruning
PruningNo pruning required
Propagation
PropagationPropagate by seed sown as soon as ripe or in spring in a cold frame. Divide clumps in early spring or remove offsets in autumn
Growing
GrowingGrow in fertile moisture retentive well-drained soil in full sun. See chive cultivation for further advice
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
Susceptible to onion white rot and downy mildew but usually trouble free in the border
Pests
Susceptible to slugs, snails, allium leaf mining fly and onion fly but usually trouble free in the border
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