Allium (Edible), Allium schoenoprasum albiflorum (White-flowered)

Unusual white-flowered variety of chives.  Makes a useful, edible, neat clump with its wonderful, not too strong onion-flavoured leaves, ready to be cut and thrown on a potato salad. Round heads of edible white flowers appear all summer. Trim to about 3cm a few times a year. Best in a sunny position. Hardy perennial.  Priced for: 9 cm pot

Use: Chop the leaves and add to salads and potato salad in place of spring onion, stir through soft white cheeses or add to omelettes. The edible flowers make a pretty garnish to salad dishes.