Long dark green, lobed leaves. Easy to grow. Keep pinching the top to prevent bolting. Cichorium Intybus Chicory can be forced in the Spring for a very early crop, the leaves are rich in iron, calcium, and copper. Click on link for photo and medicinal value.
Chives are perennial and taste like mild, sweet onions.
The pink flowers are also edible and great in salads or herbal vinegars. Divide chives plants every 3 years. Allium tuberosum Garlic chives offer the same growth habit as common chives but have a mild garlic flavour and aroma with white flowers. The leaves are flatter and slightly broader. Neapolitanum Italian Parsley offers the same nutritional, and medicinal value as regular parsley.