Allium schoenoprasum
chives
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile, moist well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: July to August
- Hardiness: fully hardy
One of the main reasons for growing chives is to harvest the edible leaves, which enhance the flavour of many savoury dishes. This vigorous plant also produces clusters of brilliant pink to purple or white, button-like summer flowers, which are also edible and look wonderful sprinkled over summer salads. It's perfect for a sunny, well-drained border or gravel garden. - Garden care: Avoid excessive mositure from late summer when dormant.
Thymus 'Coccineus Group'
thyme
Great as a scented ground cover
£4.99
1 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Lavandula 'Regal Splendour (PBR)'
French lavender
Incredible dark purple-violet flags
£9.99
1.5 litre pot
within 2 weeks
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens'
purple sage
Attractive red-purple young leaves
£5.99
1 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Origanum laevigatum 'Herrenhausen'
marjoram
Aromatic leaves and pink flowers. Ideal for edging
£7.99
2 litre pot
available to order from summer 2013
How to use companion plants
Companion planting is a method of growing different plants adjacent to one another for the benefit of one or both of the companions. Some plants are thought to confuse or act as a decoy to potential pests, while a few...
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The decorative flowering chive. It pleases the bees, adds the zing to potato salad and edges the potager with an edible enduring light-green fringe
Val Bourne - Garden Writer