Mazhar Botanic Garden

Allium schoenoprasum

Chives

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000926
Common name: Chives
English name: Chives
Arabic name: ثوم معمر
Native: New & Old Worlds
Country: Asia Europe
(PGR): Common

A bulb-forming herbaceous perennial plant, grow in dense clusters up to 50cm tall, with slender conical bulbs Hollow tubular grass-like leaves Pale purple flowers with 6 petals are produced in dense inflorescence 

Culinary uses in salads, soups, sauces and fish

A sibiricum

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Texture: Ordinary soil
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Temperate
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Bulbs (division)
Flowering time: Mid Spring to early Summer
Zone: 4 : 9
pH range: 6 - 7
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Bulb
Plant Uses: Aromatic Cuisine
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Cultivation
pH: Neutral

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