Arts & Entertainment. How to grow garlic, chives and other alliums in your fall garden There's more to the allium world than just garlic. Try onion chives, society garlic and even elephant garlic.

I sometimes wonder why garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) are not as commonly grown as regular chives (Allium schoenoprasum). They are hardy perennials and just as easy to grow. Like regular chives ...

They're less popular, less of an allium about town so to speak. But give them a chance and you'll fall in love. These vibrant greens are also known as Chinese chives, Chinese leeks, Allium tuberosum.

Allium is the genus that gives us onions and all their many relatives: there are hundreds of wild species, and of course, several of them have been cultivated and enjoyed for thousands of years.

About 40 allium species are native to California. Although smaller and less sensational, some are sweet additions to a garden. Four types dot the Eagle Rock yard of John Wickham, board president ...

Allium tuberosum has clean white flowerheads, slightly flat-topped and about 40cm high in good soil. One of the last onions to flower, the leaves are neat and shorter than true chives ...

Chives are in the same genus as garlic and spring onions. They like full sun or partial shade, need rich, moist, well-drained soil, but will tolerate poorer soil. When harvesting, leave two inches ...

The compost heap is now a tangle of spent squash and courgette plants, of tired beans and peas, skewered with broken canes and hazel sticks. The veg patch is clear of summer: it’s allium time. I grow ...

Yellow-flowered garlic (Allium flavum) is a diminutive but showy addition to rock or gravel gardens and along the edge of beds and borders.Lax umbels of golden-yellow flowers appear in early July ...