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Article: Chive talkin': color your plate while battling bugs.(Herb Watch)
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- Vibrant Life
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- May 1, 2006
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Spring gardens take on a colorful, attractive appearance when chives (Allium schoenoprasum) bloom in May and June. The pretty, lavender-pink, globular flower heads of the chive-plant not only beautify the vegetable patch; they also garnish salad dishes. Chives also emit an odor, which discourages aphids on rosebushes.
Chives are part of a large genus of approximately 500 species of perennials that contain bulbs or underground stems. This mostly strong-smelling allium herb includes garlic, onions, scallions, leeks, and chives--all belonging to the lily family. Various allium species have been cultivated since earliest times--a favorite of Egyptians, Greeks, and ...
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Article: Chives are an easy and attractive start to a handy, ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
June 15, 1997 ;
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... ... Many gardeners like to grow chives among their flowering annuals as a foreground accent. Chives even can be cultivated in a ... And if you are lucky, the chive plant, an allium, will send ... like blossoms. Cultivated chives resemble their cousins, wild ...
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