Botanical Name: Allium tuberosum

Easy to grow herb with a subtle garlic flavour. Flower buds and leaves are often included in Thai stir-fries and the decorative flowers can be added to salads. Easily grows in pots. Try delicious scrambled eggs with Chinese chives and a little soy sauce.

How to grow

Sow seeds 5 mm (¼in) deep direct where they are to flower. Cover lightly with fine soil. Firm gently and keep them moist. When large enough thin as necessary spacing 20cm (8in) apart. Harvest: All year round. Cut leaves as required once plants have developed. Best cut before the flowers form.