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🌿 Chives ‘Fine Leaved’ (Seeds) – UH-052525-CIV
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Elegant, easy to grow, and flavour-packed, Chives ‘Fine Leaved’ offer a mild onion taste and refined texture—perfect for salads, soups, and garnishing. A must-have perennial herb for any kitchen garden.
Seed Information
- Plant Type Herb / Perennial
- Organic No
- Growing Difficulty Easy
- Germination Time 7–14 Days
- Harvest Time 60–90 Days (can harvest continually once established)
- Best Season To Grow Spring to Late Summer
- SunLight Needs Full Sun to Partial Shade
- Water Requirements Medium
- Height Of Maturity 25–35 CM
- None GMO Yes
- UK Native No (but well-suited to UK climate)
‘Fine Leaved’ Chives are a culinary favourite, producing slender, dark green leaves with a delicate onion flavour and softer texture than standard chives. Ideal for chopping fresh over soups, potatoes, eggs, and dips, this variety also produces attractive purple pom-pom flowers that are edible and bee-friendly.
Easy to grow from seed, chives thrive in containers, herb planters, or borders. They're hardy perennials that return year after year with minimal maintenance—perfect for continuous cutting and harvesting.
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Type: Perennial herb
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Leaf Type: Thin, fine, tubular leaves
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Flavour: Mild onion, delicate texture
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Sowing Time: March–July
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Harvest Time: May–October (year-round with protection)
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Grows Well In: Pots, herb beds, windowsills, borders
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Flowering: Purple blooms in late spring to early summer
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Spacing: 10–15 cm
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Companion Planting: Excellent near carrots, tomatoes, and roses
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Note: Edible flowers – also great for pollinators
Add flavour and finesse to your garden and kitchen with Chives ‘Fine Leaved’—a fresh and functional favourite that’s as attractive as it is tasty.
🌿 Growing & Care Guide
🌿 Chives ‘Fine Leaved’ (Seeds) – Grow & Care Guide
A Hardy, Mild Herb for Fresh Cutting All Season Long
‘Fine Leaved’ chives are a refined variety with slender, delicate stems and a mild onion flavour. These seeds grow into compact clumps perfect for containers, herb gardens, borders, and kitchen windowsills — with edible flowers and excellent regrowth.
🛒 What You’ll Need:
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Chives ‘Fine Leaved’ seeds
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Pots, troughs, or garden beds
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Peat-free compost or light, fertile soil
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A sunny or partially shaded location
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Watering can and scissors or snips
🌿 Growing & Care Instructions
1. Sowing (Best Mar–Jul)
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Sow seeds 0.5–1cm deep in moist compost or soil.
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Indoors: use trays or pots on a sunny windowsill.
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Outdoors: sow in rows or patches in well-prepared soil.
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Keep evenly moist until seedlings appear.
2. Germination
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Germinates in 7–14 days.
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Thin seedlings or transplant to 10–15cm apart when large enough to handle.
3. Growing On
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Water regularly, especially in dry weather.
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Remove weeds and mulch if growing in beds.
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Cut stems regularly to promote fresh, tender growth.
4. Harvesting
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Begin harvesting once plants are 15–20cm tall.
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Snip leaves from the base using clean scissors — never pull.
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Harvest regularly for best flavour and regrowth.
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Edible purple flowers appear in late spring — great for garnishes or pollinators!
5. Overwintering
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Hardy perennial.
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Cut back in autumn and mulch to protect roots in cold climates.
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Will return year after year with minimal care.
Fresh, fine, and full of flavour — chives are a kitchen garden classic from seed to plate.
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