Organic Chives
Perenially popular organic Chives with their onion-like appearance, topped off with a wonderful display of purple flowerheads in summer will make a perfect foil for the more leafier herbs in your kitchen garden
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Add contrast to your herb garden by growing the perenially popular organic Chives; with their onion-like appearance, topped off with a wonderful display of purple flowerheads in summer, they will make a perfect foil for the more leafier herbs in your kitchen garden.
The mild onion flavour of chives is a welcome addition to any self-respecting salad or stew, and is an ideal accompanyment to dishes containing egg. Not only are chives nice to look at and eat, but they will also prove popular with pollinating insects in the garden; when planted amongst carrots their aroma will confuse the dreaded carrot-fly and they can even be crushed to form an organic insecticide.
- 750 seeds per packet
- Seeds certified organic by the Soil Association
- Chives are perennial, clump forming plants
- Members of the allium family along with leeks and onions
- Sow seed at 18°C in mid spring before planting out|Foliage will die back in winter
- Plant out in full sun
- Promote early season leaf production with a cloche
- Purple flowerheads appear in summer and attract beneficial insects
- Crushed foliage can be used to make an organic insecticide
- Regularly cut stems to encourage further growth
- Use fresh for optimal flavour
