Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
In Dutch: Bieslook
PerennialsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 15 to 50 cm
- Spread
- About 30 cm per clump
- Full grown after
- 2 to 5 years
- Sun
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Well-drained: sand, clay or loam
- Water
- Average: water in dry spells the first summer
- Maintenance
- Low: cutting back after flowering is optional
- Flowers
- May to July, pink to pale purple
- For bees
- Yes: nectar, May to July
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- Mildly: to dogs and cats
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €1.90 to €3.40 each, in a small pot
- Price, grown
- About €4.25 to €6.50 each, in a larger pot
Through the year
- Leaf
- March to October
- Flower
- May to July
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit