Thanks everyone for your input into my Chives questions. I have a few
more. Now that I DO have flowers on my chives, and in the future want to
have them in the landscape, how do I go about keeping them from setting seed
and spreading all over the lawn? And, can I cut the flowers off and keep
them until they dry out and extract the seeds for more plants? I'm assuming
the seed is in the centers of each little purple flower on the flower
"head"? Also, is it best to cut chives back in the winter or do I just let
them die off by themselves and regenerate by themselves?


"Bunny McElwee" wrote in message
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I had a pot of chives from last year that I let go over the winter
months and actually thought I had killed it. Its in a pot now, and even
after being covered in snow, it came back and now has tons of purple
flowers
on it. I've heard of people using them in their landscapes, but is this a
good idea? Do they spread or stay in one clump? Do they go to seed
prolifically and create many more plants around them? What are your
experiences with using them in the landscape? They are such beautiful
flowers, it seems a shame to not utilize the flowers as well as gain from
the chive production.

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Bunny McElwee

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