| Scientific Name: | Allium schoenoprasum |
| Common Name: | chives |
| Family Name: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, U.S. - central, U.S. - northeast, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Perennial border, Rock garden |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Distinctive smell, Linear, Other, Entire |
| Flowers: | Umbel, Purple, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Bulbs 1-3cm x 5-9mm wide; leaves alternate (just 1-2 two), linear, most 30-45(-60)cm long x 2-7mm wide, hollow and round in c.s., onion scented; umbels 2-3cm wide, florets 30-50, each 8-12mm wide, tepals erect, pale purple to deep lilac to pinkish when dry (white cvs.), pedicels 2-6mm, peduncles 20-50cm long x 3-5mm wide. | |