Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

This beloved culinary member of the lily family is grown both for food and beauty. Flowers and leaves are edible, butterflies love it, but deer do not.

Water: Moderate

Hardiness: Frost tender, will die back to ground with frost and re-emerge in the Spring

Category:

Habit: Dense clumps of tender, bulbing leaves 6 to 12" tall

Light: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Soil: Any

Origin: Asia and Europe

Additional Characteristics: Edible Flower, Deer Resistant