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 ...

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 ...

Both are easyto grow and reliable, buttheir size makes themmore suitable for an alpinescree or trough.Last to flower is A. tuberosum,the garlic chive, in August andSeptember.

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 ...