perennial herb
Common chives
A no-fuss kitchen herb that doubles as a bee plant when allowed to flower.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a-10a
- Sun
- full, partial
- Soil
- loam, clay
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Vegetables & herbs, Pollinators & wildlife, Curb appeal & color
Harvest & Use
leaves and edible purple flowers in spring and summer
Useful search phrase: common chives plant.
Plant Relationships
Companion High
Carrots and alliums are compact crops that share bed space well and make sense as alternating rows or close neighbors.
Understory Medium
Low alliums and long-blooming flowers can form a simple orchard-edge understory without competing heavily with young trees.