| Description | Garlic Chives (Allium tuberosum) A plant very similar to the more common Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) except it has white flowers. Grown for both culinary and ornamental purposes. |
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| Plant Type | Bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizoms, etc., Edibles Vegetables |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, dry |
| Soil & Site | average, dry, well drained |
| Temperature | tolerates cooler weather |
| Flowers | white globular umbel, 6 petals, green throat, thin wiry scapes, flowers are edible, blooms late summer early fall |
| Leaves | forms a dense tuft of dark green, flat leaves, leaves can be cut off and used to add a mild onion taste to many food dishes |
| Roots | tuberous root stalk |
| Dimensions | 1 foot tall or greater, clumps spread up to or greater than 1.5 feet |
| Maintenance | will reseed, dead head to slow down reseeding, can be cut back hard and the clump will regrow |
| Propagation | seeds, division of tuberous rooted clumps |
| Native Site | Native to Southeastern Asia. |
| Notes & Reference | #207-Alliums The Ornamental Onion (Dilys Davies) |
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