Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)

Pack of 3 Garden Ready 6cm Peat Pots
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  • Supplied as: Pack of 3 Garden Ready 6cm Peat Pots
  • Height: Up to 40cm (16")
  • Position: Full Sun to Partial Shade
  • Plant Type: Hardy
  • Product Code: 310035
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Fresh from the Nursery View Growing Advice

FREE delivery on orders over £60

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Quick Facts:

  • Supplied as: Pack of 3 Garden Ready 6cm Peat Pots
  • Height: Up to 40cm (16")
  • Position: Full Sun to Partial Shade
  • Plant Type: Hardy
  • Product Code: 310035
View Product Description
Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) | Pack of 3 Garden Ready 6cm Peat Pots
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Chives - Allium schoenoprasum. The must have herb. The leaves have a mild onion flavour which when finely chopped can be added to many dishes such as potato salad, omelettes, cream cheese and sauces. A perennial herb which is very easy to grow. Also makes a wonderful plant for edging borders and the herb garden. Prefers full sun, or partial shade with moist soil or compost. 

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For any order under £60 we charge £5.95 postage and package per delivery week selected on your order.

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Product Code 310035
Supplied as Pack of 3 Garden Ready 6cm Peat Pots
Habit Upright/Bush
Suitable for Hanging Baskets? No
Suitable for Patio Containers? Yes
Scented? Yes
Plant Type Hardy
Botanical name Allium schoenoprasum
Season spring
Planting Position Full Sun to Partial Shade
Eventual Height Up to 40cm (16")
Eventual Spread Up to 30cm (12")
Harvesting Period June to October
Spacing 30 cm (12")
Flower Colour Purple

Size guide -Pack of 3 Garden Ready 6cm Peat Pots

You will receive a pack of 3 x 6cm garden ready plants that are in Jiffy Biodegradable pots where no extra potting on is needed. You just plant these straight into your hanging baskets or pots and watch them flourish. These are at stronger stage than plug plants. Compost volume is around 6cm deep x 6cm square (at widest part). The foliage height will vary upon variety. *PLEASE NOTE* Image is for illustration purposes only. 

General Growing Advice

Using a good quality multi-purpose compost, pot up your plugs into 10cm pots.  Once your plug plants have been potted on and labelled, water them in well and grow on for around 5-6 weeks.  Water once the compost starts to dry out but remember.

If preferred you can pot on the plugs into hanging baskets, flower bags or pots. Add a slow release plant food like Miracle-Gro Slow Release All Purpose Plant Food  to your compost which will give extra nutrients for strong and healthy plant growth.

Keep plants frost free until mid/late May and then harden off before being placed in their final positions when the risk of frost has passed in your area.

Water as necessary giving a liquid feed such as Neudorff Organic Plant Feed as instructed throughout the growing season.

***For packs of 40 plug plants gently remove the small plugs from the tray by pushing up from the bottom using a pencil. 

Chives Specific Advice

These herbs are so easy to grow and as they are perennial, will die down in the winter months and re-appear next spring.  Pot them on as for the annual herbs and then plant into pots or the garden.

  • Chives look fabulous grown in a row as edging for pathways or vegetable patches, having compact, tidy growth of around 30cms.  They are a ‘must have’ cut and come again mild oniony flavour herb.  The edible chive flowers are a pretty lilac colour and make great cut flowers in summer posies.
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