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Using Chives in the landscape
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. Chives have been growing in my pasture for almost 30 years (used to be a garden area). They seem to stay fairly confined, and I don't do anything with them. From time to time, I have dug up a clump and planted them elsewhere (closer to the house) so I don't have to walk so far to get chives when I want to use them. The flowers are gorgeous. The plants come back year after year. And best of all, they are extremely "low maintenance." And the bumblebees like them. Once, during an early-summer all-day rain, I noticed that each chive flower in one particular clump had a bumblebee clinging upside down on the underside. Each bumblebee had its very own umbrella! LeAnn http://ruralroute2.com |
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