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Garlic
chives are hardy perennials and can be easily grown in any
herb garden. The foliage is flat rather than hollow, likes
regular chives. They grow to about twelve inches high. The
flower stalks grow up to 30 inches high, topped with
greenish-white flower heads which are quite showy.
Garlic
chives can be used like regular chives where you want to add a
subtle garlic flavor in uncooked dishes where raw regular
garlic would be overwhelming or too spicy. This herb is a
great replacement for garlic salts and powdered garlic.
This
herb is particularly good in Oriental dishes especially
Oriental soups. Finely chopped blades are great added to
stir-fry and egg dishes.
As with
regular chives, garlic chives are harvested by shearing the
leaves at ground level. Older leaves become coarse, so shear
the plants occasionally even if you have no immediate use for
the herb. This will encourage the plants to produce the
desirable tender shoots.
Garlic
Chives do make a very small bulb that can be used like a small
green onion. Harvest bulbs before the flower opens, while it
is just a bud. Be sure to leave some bulbs in the ground so
they will continue to make more. |
