Allium schoenoprasum 'Forescate'

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum ÔForescateÕ

Photo Credit: Stonehouse Nursery


Allium schoenoprasum 'Forescate'

Chives

This large-flowered selection of chives features showy, rose-purple, spherical blooms that are both ornamental and edible. Fragrant, grassy green foliage forms a low mound. Market this plant in your edible line and as a very cold hardy perennial. Deadhead to prevent reseeding.

Plant Details

  • Zone: 2 - 9
  • Height: 16-18"
  • Spread: 6-12"
  • Exposure: Full Sun, Part Shade
  • Soil Moisture: Low Water Needs, Moderate Water Needs
  • Drought tolerant: Yes, Once Established
  • Bloom time: Late Spring
  • Foliage Color: Green Shades
  • Flower Color: Pink Shades, Purple Shades
  • Fragrant: Yes
  • Good Cut Flower: Yes
  • Native: Not native to North America
  • Deer resistant: Yes
  • Rabbit resistant: Yes
  • Bee-friendly: Yes
  • Attracts butterflies: Yes
  • Attracts hummingbirds: No
  • Groundcover: No
  • Roy Diblik Favorite: Yes

Plant Details

  • Zone: 2 - 9
  • Height: 16-18"
  • Spread: 6-12"
  • Exposure: Full Sun, Part Shade
  • Soil Moisture: Low Water Needs, Moderate Water Needs
  • Drought tolerant: Yes, Once Established
  • Bloom time: Late Spring
  • Foliage Color: Green Shades
  • Flower Color: Pink Shades, Purple Shades
  • Fragrant: Yes
  • Good Cut Flower: Yes
  • Native: Not native to North America
  • Bee-friendly: Yes
  • Deer resistant: Yes
  • Rabbit resistant: Yes
  • Attracts butterflies: Yes
  • Attracts hummingbirds: No
  • Groundcover: No
  • Roy Diblik Favorite: Yes

Grower Information

Allium is easy to produce without worry of diseases and pests. They require medium-low moisture and average fertility in production, and overwinter easily in cold frames or outdoors. To achieve flowering plants for early spring sales, pot up early blooming chive-types the fall prior. Others can be potted in early spring for bud and bloom sales in summer.

  • PowerPlug Size(s): 32s, 72s
  • Optimal Planting Time: Late Summer-Fall
  • Retail Sales Window: Spring, Summer
  • Moisture in Production: Average, Low
  • Requires Shade in Production: No
  • Vernalization Required for Bloom: No
  • Vernalization Beneficial: Yes