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Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Chives is a medium-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 4-8, that matures to about 1-1.5 ft × 1-1.5 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect purple blooms in spring. It attracts pollinators, stands up well to black walnut, deer and drought, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 4-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 1-1.5 ft × 1-1.5 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry
- Bloom color
- Purple
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Pollinators
- Tough against
- Black walnut, Deer, Drought, Humidity, Wet soil
- Native to
- Temperate Northern Hemisphere
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