🌿🧄 Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) – 200 Seeds

Description:

Add a mild garlic flavor and beautiful white star-shaped flowers to your garden with Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum), a hardy perennial herb prized for its culinary and ornamental uses. Also known as Chinese chives, this versatile plant thrives in a variety of conditions and offers edible leaves, flowers, and buds that enhance many dishes with a subtle garlic aroma.

🌿 Botanical Name: Allium tuberosum

✨ Key Features:

• Mild garlic-flavored edible leaves and flowers

• White, star-shaped blossoms attracting pollinators

• Hardy perennial that returns year after year

• Ideal for borders, herb gardens, and container planting

• Adds both flavor and ornamental interest

🌱 Growing Information:

☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
🌱 Sowing Time:

• Sow seeds indoors 6–8 weeks before last frost

• Direct sow outdoors in early spring or late summer

🕰 Harvest Time: Leaves ready 60–90 days after sowing; flowers bloom mid to late summer
📏 Plant Height: 30–50 cm (12–20 inches)
📏 Spacing: 15–20 cm (6–8 inches)

🌱 Germination Time: 7–14 days
🌡 Germination Temperature: 18–22°C (65–72°F)

🌾 Soil & Watering:

• Soil Type: Well-drained, fertile soil with good organic content

• Soil pH: Neutral to slightly alkaline (6.0–7.5)

• Watering: Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged

🧑🌾 Usage & Care:

• Harvest leaves regularly by cutting 2–3 cm above soil level to encourage fresh growth

• Flowers and buds are edible and can be used in salads and garnishes

• Prefers cooler growing conditions but tolerates some heat

• Ideal for kitchen gardens, herb beds, and pollinator-friendly gardens

• Can be grown in containers or garden beds year-round in mild climates

The package contains 1 gram or around 200 seeds