| Scientific Name: | Allium tuberosum |
| Common Name: | garlic chives, Chinese chives |
| Family Name: | Amaryllidaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Herb, Medicinal plant, Perennial border, Rock garden, Summer interest, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Glaucous, Distinctive smell, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Umbel, White, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Bulbs ovoid, 2-5cm wide, may connect to a short rhizome; leaves alternate, 2-5, linear, most 20-30(-40)cm long x 2-6(-8)mm wide, hollow but flattened to three sided, grey-green; umbels dome-shaped to rounded, 4-7cm wide, flowers 20-50, 7-13mm wide, tepals creamy-white with a brownish stripe, pedicels 1-3cm long, peduncles 23-45(-60)cm long. | |