Chives , Common - Purple Chives (Allium schoenoprasum)

Allium schoenoprasum, Hardy, perennial (Bug & Slug resistant), An immediate visual impact with the stunning purple mauve flowers on one of the most widely grown herbs, destined to make a useful, edible, neat clump with its wonderful, not too strong, subtle onion flavoured glaucous purple leaves, about a foot high, ready to be cut & thrown on a potato salad. Also shows many beautiful rounded heads of mauve flowers, all summer. Can be used as an unusual yet stunning border. Hardy, perennial, & Clumps can be divided, (Bug & Slug resistant) Keep Trimmed and deadheaded, Seed Count Approx - 150 avg
 
 SOWING - Ready 60 days from sowing, Flourishes in ordinary soil. Sow seeds in pots 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