the Kitchen
Chinese chives; garlic chives
Allium tuberosum
Garlic chives offer flat, strap-like leaves with mild garlic flavour, crowned in late summer with starry white flowers. The entire plant is edible and ornamental in equal measure.
Light
Full Sun
Water
Average
Height
Low
Foliage
Deciduous
Border
Front
Middle
Container
Filler
How to Use
Plant in vegetable gardens or sunny herb beds. The late flowers are valuable for pollinators when little else blooms.
