Chives - Garlic (Herb) , Chinese Leek - Gow (Kow) Choi

Allium tuberosum, Bai gui chai kao, a Species native to China which imparts an oniony flavour with a distinctly garlicky overtone. Young slightly-flat strap-shaped clump forming leaves are most tender & work well in most culinary dishes. White, edible flowers appear in summer, & attract pollinators or other beneficial insects. Gather stems for bouquets or deadhead to keep plants from self-sowing. Give garlic chives full sun for best flowering & upright growth. Hardy 12 to 15 in Culinary herb makes an attractive edging in herb or veg gardens. Hardy Deciduous Perennial (Can be used as a cut flower), Seed Count Approx - 100 avg

 SOWING - Ready 60 days from sowing, Flourishes in ordinary soil. Sow seeds in pots in early spring & transplant out when frosts are gone, spaced about 6 in apart. (Pots or open ground is fine. Full sun to afternoon shade. No need to feed. (Deadhead to limit re-seeding), Sunny spot best. Can be propagated by division of rootstocks in spring & by putting cuttings of shoots in a light compost in a cold frame in summer or autumn