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Chinese Chives, Garlic Chives, Chinese Leeks, Flat Chives Allium tuberosum
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Detailed Listing For
Botanical Name:
Allium tuberosum
Common Name:
Chinese Chives, Garlic Chives, Chinese Leeks, Flat Chives
Germination Test Type:
cut
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
5
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In Stock: 0.24 lb
Prices
Sample Bulk Pricing
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More Details Information
Characteristics
Medicinal
Fragrant Flowers
Crop Plant
Edible Leaves
Herbaceous
Perennial
Rock Garden Plant
Culinary Herb/Spice
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Growing Info:
Scarification:
none required
Stratification:
none required
Germination:
sow indoors 2 months before the date of the last frost, can be sown outdoors in the fall for spring germination
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Physical Characteristics : BULB growing to 0.3 m (1ft) by 0.3 m (1ft in). It is hardy to zone 7 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from Aug to September, and the seeds ripen from Sep to October. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees, insects. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. and can grow in very alkaline soils. It cannot grow in the shade.It requires dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.
Garlic chives ( simplified Chinese : 韭 菜 ; traditional Chinese : 韭 菜 ; pinyin : jiǔcài , also 韮菜) are also known as Chinese chives , Chinese leek , ku chai , jiu cai , Oriental garlic chives or, in Japanese , nira (kanji: 韮 ; hiragana: にら; katakana: ニラ); in Kapampangan it is known as Kuse/Cu-se ; in Korea known as buchu (부추), sol (솔), or jeongguji (정구지) or in Vietnamese , hẹ ( [hɛ̂ˀ] ; chu Nom :
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