Garlic Chives Seeds (Organic)

Garlic chives, also called Chinese chives, are a flavorful and versatile perennial herb that brings mild garlic flavor to your dishes. This hardy plant features tender, flat, green leaves that are suited to stir-fries, soups, salads, and herbal teas. Thriving in full sun to partial shade and well-draining soil, garlic chives are easy to grow and require minimal maintenance. These edible blooms are suited to garnishing dishes or making herb-infused oils. Garlic chives grow in clumps and spread gently over time, making them suited to herb gardens, borders, or container planting.

Variety Details

• Botanical name: Allium tuberosum
• Plant type: Perennial
• Growth habit: Low Growing
• Crop category: Onion
• Kitchen profile: Garlic chives, also called Chinese chives, are a flavorful and versatile perennial herb that brings mild garlic flavor to your dishes.
• Recorded feature: Open-Pollinated
• Product format: Seed packet with a separately listed bulk option

Sowing & Growing

• Soil Temperature: 60-85°F
• Planting Depth: 1/16"
• Germination: 7-14 Days
• Height At Maturity: 12"-20"
• Days To Maturity: 90-100 Days
• Sun/Shade: Full Sun
• Spacing After Thinning: 5"-8"

Sow Garlic Chives according to the local cool-season window and the recorded starting method. Give seedlings strong light when started indoors, then transplant or thin them to the listed spacing. Keep weeds from competing with the narrow foliage and evaluate soil moisture at root depth rather than using a universal schedule. Harvest leaves, stems, or mature bulbs according to the crop type. For storage types, allow curing after the neck and outer layers reach an appropriate stage.

Harvest leaves regularly to encourage fresh growth and ensure a steady supply of this delicious herb.

With their culinary versatility and visual appeal, garlic chives are a useful addition to any garden or kitchen.

Hardy Perennial Also called Chinese leeks, garlic chives resemble regular chives except that their leaves are shiny and flat.

Before sowing Garlic Chives, review the packet alongside the current product details and note any range in temperature, germination, or maturity. Ranges reflect biological and seasonal variation rather than a fixed promise. Label each planting with its date and location, then compare emergence, growth, and harvest with local weather. This record is useful for succession plantings and for deciding whether the crop fits better into an earlier or later seasonal window.

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