Chive Seeds
£2.15
notes
These classic chives produce upright clumps of slender, hollow green leaves, a perennial favourite in kitchen gardens. With their mild, fresh onion flavour and pretty edible pink‑pompom flowers, they’re perfect for salads, soups, sauces and garnishes throughout the season.
Dimensions
Approx. 200 seeds
Features
notes
These classic chives produce upright clumps of slender, hollow green leaves, a perennial favourite in kitchen gardens. With their mild, fresh onion flavour and pretty edible pink‑pompom flowers, they’re perfect for salads, soups, sauces and garnishes throughout the season.
Insights
Kings Seeds, together with Suffolk Herbs, has been supplying UK growers for over a century. Their heritage of trusted seed curation, now including a wide range of organic and traditional varieties, is grounded in practical excellence and a passion for British growing.
Details
- Sow: March – April (outdoors) or all year round in pots/windowsills
- Harvest: June - August
- Perennial Herb
Planting
- Soil: Fertile, moist, well‑drained
- Aspect: Full sun to partial shade
- Sowing: Sow seeds about 0.5 cm deep in moist soil or compost, either direct outdoors in spring or in pots/containers any time with good light. Thin seedlings to 15–20 cm (6–8″) apart once established to allow clumps to develop.
Care
Chives thrive with moderate moisture and benefit from regular harvesting, snip leaves close to the base once they reach about 15 cm (6″) tall. Cutting regularly encourages fresh new growth; don’t cut lower than 5 cm above soil to keep plants vigorous. They’ll return year after year from the same clumps.
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