Garlic Chives

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Beautiful, sweet-scented white flowers complement gray-green leaves. Foliage has a distinctive mild garlic flavor, delicious in soups, salads, sauces and spreads. An attractive plant for the herb, perennial or fragrance garden. Good cut or dried flower.

Companion Plants

Beard-Tongue

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Beard-Tongue

Striking long-blooming flowers attract hummingbirds. Compact growth is well-suited for garden's edge, rock gardens or for delightful bouquets. Lovely planted with cranesbill, yarrow and lamb's ear. Remove faded flowers to promote rebloom.

Salvia

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Salvia

Create a vivid floral display with spikes of lovely flowers in shades of blue, pink or white. Plant in cottage or wild gardens, in large groups to emphasize its color, or in mixed container gardens. An excellent complement to any garden setting. 

Candytuft

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Candytuft

Profuse flowers on evergreen foliage are lovely cascading over stones, planted at garden's edge, or along walkways. Blooms attract butterflies. Makes a striking companion to spring-blooming perennials and bulbs. Shear after blooming for best appearance.

Details

Common name

Garlic Chives

Botanical name

Allium tuberosum

Zone

USDA 4 - 8

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Bloom color

Green

Bloom time

summer

Light

sun

Height

12-24" (31-61 cm)

Habit

clumping

Water

weekly during dry spells

Feed

in spring

Maintenance

divide every 3 to 5 years