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Description:
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A hardy perennial with clusters of grass-like foliage are mildly onion-flavored. Both flower and stem can be cut anytime for use in salads, or soups. They can be grown in pots, in the ground, in sun or mostly shade. Chives grow in a clump like grass sending up new sprouts or shoots as they grow to maturity. To harvest Chives, always cut across the plant, only 3/4 inch from the ground. You can cut only a portion of the leaves or cut off the whole plant.
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Recommendations:
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Easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Forms dense clumps which are easily divided in spring or fall. Easily grown from seed and will self-seed in the garden if spent flower heads are not promptly dead-headed. Leaves are best harvested by clipping them off at the base so as to maintain the attractiveness of the clumps.
Group, mass or use as an edger in herb gardens and vegetable gardens. Also effective as an ornamental (leaves may still be harvested) in rock gardens or border fronts. Also may be grown in pots, or divisions may be potted up in fall, for overwintering and continued harvest on a cool kitchen window sill.
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Problems:
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No serious insect or disease problems. Root rot may occur in wet, poorly-drained soils.
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