Garlic chives
Allium tuberosum
In a typical UK garden, sow indoors late February to late March, sow outside mid-April to mid-June, plant out early April to mid-June, and harvest early April to late October.
When to sow, plant and harvest
Last frost around 20 April, first frost around 31 October.
- Sow indoors
- late February to late March
- Sow outdoors
- mid-April to mid-June
- Plant out
- early April to mid-June
- Harvest
- early April to late October
Growing facts
- Spacing
- 25 cm apart, rows 30 cm apart
- Square foot
- 4 per square (30 cm squares)
- Sowing depth
- 0.5 cm
- Ready in
- 80 to 100 days from sowing
- Grows to
- 45 cm
- Hardiness
- Hardy to about -20 °C
- Sun
- Full sun
- Crops for
- Several years (perennial)
Growing tip
Cut leaves to 3 cm and they regrow; remove flower heads before they seed, as garlic chives self-seed freely.
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Where these figures come from
Every crop in VegLog was checked against published growing advice. Dates are worked out from average frost dates, so they shift with your garden. For garlic chives, we used:
Grow garlic chives with VegLog
Add garlic chives to a bed and VegLog reminds you when to sow, plant out and pick, timed to your own town's frost dates.
