Garlic chives, Chinese chives

Where does Garlic chives grow?

Found in: Asia, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Cook Islands, Cuba, East Timor, Fiji, Haiti, Hawaii, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, North America, Northeastern India, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Philippines, SE Asia, Singapore, Slovenia, Taiwan, Tasmania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu, United States, Vanuatu, Vietnam

Notes: There are about 300-700 Allium species. Most species of Allium are edible (Flora of China). All alliums are edible but they may not all be worth eating! They have also been put in the family Alliaceae.

Status: It is cultivated as a vegetable. It is a commercially cultivated vegetable.

Growing Garlic chives, Chinese chives

Cultivation: Plants can be grown by dividing the clump of plants or by seed. Seed production is not easy. Plants are sown in rows 30 cm apart.

Edible Uses: The leaves and young flowers are used to flavour foods. The bulbs are used like garlic.

Production: Chives may be cultivated for its flowers which are plucked together with the stalks before the buds emerging from the sheath. They can also be grown for its edible leaves which have a special flavour considered fragrant by some people.

Nutrition Info

Garlic chives, Chinese chives Photos

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