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trefle.io · Taken Oct 12, 2022 by Mario Socciarelli (cc-by-sa)
Amaryllidaceae
Chinese chives
Allium tuberosum
Also known as Allium uliginosum, Allium chinense, Allium angulosum, Allium argyi
Zones 5–10Sun Partial SunWater ModerateCare Low
Edibles & Herbs · Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Herb · Edible · Culinary · Perennial · Container · Pollinator · Garlic Chives · Cold Hardy · Easy Care · Fragrant
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In stock at 2 nurseriesStock updated 9/10/2026
Chinese chives are easy-care perennial herbs that grow well in containers or garden beds with moderate watering and partial to full sun. Harvest leaves regularly by cutting them a few inches above the base to encourage vigorous regrowth. They are cold-hardy, self-seeding, and produce attractive white flowers that pollinators love.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but allowing the top inch to dry between waterings · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Assam, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China North-Central, Comoros, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain, Iowa, Japan, Kansas, Korea, Masachusettes, Myanmar, Nauru, Nebraska
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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