Garlic chives
Flavoured between chives and garlic, garlic chives also have edible buds and beautiful flowers. The flat leaves of this perennial onion plant can be harvested continuously like chives. It flowers starting from the second year. Very robust, including against rust. Sow in clumps. Tolerates slightly shady locations.
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Characteristics
Botanical name: Allium tuberosumVegetation period: perennialUse of flowers and herbs: Balcony/pots, Good for insects and bees
Cultivation
Seed required for direct sowing (g/100m²): 500 g/100 m²Seed required for 1000 plants (g): 5Seed required for 1000 (ø 10 cm)-pots: 60 gDistance between rows and plants (cm): 30 x 25 cmSowing depth: ca. 2 cmSowing date: indoors from February; planting out from April
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Annegret Rose
Our partner farm Rose Saatzucht is located in the north of Erfurt. There, Annegret Rose has been passionately growing and propagating her impressively beautiful peonies for many years. Before a root can be lifted for sale, the perennial grows in her fields for around 6-7 years. Since 1993, the traditional farm has been cultivating a wide variety of over 200 different types of vegetables, herbs and flowers under Demeter guidelines for seed production.
