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Chives 4"

Chives 4"

ALLIUM schoenoprasum

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Common Name(s)
Chives
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
6"–1'
Max Spread
Up to 6"
Special Features
Cut flowers
Garden Design Role
Edging
Bloom Season
Spring
Lifespan
Annual
Growing Habit
Clumping
Drought Resistance
High drought resistance
Bloom Color
Purple, Pink
Foliage Color
Green
Stem Color
Green
Themes
Pretty in Pink, Pastel
Genus
Allium
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Ship Size
4"

Chives arrive as a live 4-inch plant: a neat upright clump of slim hollow green quills that stand straight and hold their shape, topped in summer by tight purple-pink globes on bare stems.

Allium schoenoprasum is one of the tidiest edging plants going — clean enough to line a bed or a path, small enough for a windowsill-scale pot, and vertical in a way that reads as deliberate beside sprawling neighbors. The purple globes bring in bees and cut well for small arrangements; brush the foliage on your way past and you get a soft green onion scent. Full sun or partial shade, even moisture, and a division every few years keep it dense.

Fun fact: The schoeno- in schoenoprasum is Greek for rush, and the name is literal: each leaf is a true hollow tube, round in cross-section, which is why the clump springs back upright after rain.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
  • Water: Keep moist
  • Mature Size: 6"–1' tall × up to 6" wide
  • Bloom Season: Summer
  • Fruiting Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial
  • Hardiness Zones: 3–9
  • Attracts: Bees

Yours arrives as a rooted clump, healthy or replaced free.

Chives 4"