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Chives

Name: Chives
SKU: OHP-CHIVES
Price: 8.99 GBP
Availability: InStock

3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)

Estimated Delivery from mid-May

£8.99

This herb looks beautiful in your garden and on your plate
A delicious herb that will come back year after year producing long leaves with a light oniony flavour. Chives look beautiful in your garden with its pink flowers (also edible), and is very popular with bees too. It’s a must have for any kitchen garden.

Number of plants: 3 (8.5cm biodegradable fibre pots)

Organic*

Great for protecting your carrots, tomatoes, chillies and aubergines!

In the kitchen: The leaves can be chopped finely to add to potatoes and other veg dishes. Or, leave them whole and wilt them down with shredded spinach and chard. The flowers are also edible and look lovely when sprinkled over a summer salad.

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Full Sun, Rich Soil

Choose a sunny, sheltered site for these herbs. They love warmth, and basil in particular will thank you for giving it a really warm place in the garden. They will all do brilliantly grown in pots and containers filled with rich compost. If growing in soil, dig in plenty of compost before planting for best results. None of these do brilliantly during dry spells, so do keep them well watered in drought-like conditions.

Mint & Lemon Balm
Marjoram & Oregano
Chives
Basil
Tarragon
Feverfew
Lovage

Full Sun, Light Soil, Excellent Drainage

These herbs do better in a less rich, slightly lighter soil with good drainage so that their roots are not sitting in waterlogged soil on rainy days. They tend to do well on a south-facing slope, where there is plenty of sunshine and water runs off easily during wetter spells. If you don't have a slope, you might choose to grow them on a bank. If growing in the soil on flat areas, try digging in a little grit to aid drainage if you have heavy soil. If growing in pots, you can still use a compost, but put some crocks in the bottom of the pots before you fill them and make sure the pots are raised so that water drains more easily.

Rosemary
Sage
Thyme,
Lavender

Partial Shade, Rich Soil

These are herbs that we find tend to bolt during warmer, drier spells during the summer, so we like to grow them in parts of the garden that receive a little shade during the day to try and keep them leafy for longer. Growing them in pots filled with compost works really well, or in beds with lots of organic matter dug in.

Parsley
Coriander
Chervil
Fernleaf Dill

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Step One - Decide what herbs you want to grow.

This is an obvious one, but it's worth giving it some thought. Which herbs do you enjoy cooking with? What do you hope to get out of your herb garden? These things all make a difference. You might want your herb garden to be a thing of real beauty that attracts bees, in which case you could look at making rosemary, lavender and African blue basil the primary herbs. If you're keen on Italian cooking, oregano and marjoram are great. If you want to make lots of herbal teas, mint and lemon balm are must-haves.

Step Two - How much space do you have?

A herb garden can be as big or as small as you like. If you have a sunny windowsill you could easily grow some Greek Basil, some parsley and some chives, for example. If you have a few pots or containers outside, or a small raised bed, then you can pack in quite a few different types. If you have more space, you can max out on Rosemary and Lavender to put on quite an impressive display.

Step Three - Make sure they have good drainage.

Although some need more water than others (see step four) no herb will survive water logging so it's important that they have good drainage whether you are planting them in pots, raised beds or anywhere else. If you're planting them in pots, add some stones or broken crockery to the bottom of the pot before adding compost.

Step Four - Take note of the two vital ingredients...sun & water.

Herbs really are easy to grow. Fact. All you really need to do is get these two things right, and they will positively flourish. Mediterranean herbs (lavender, rosemary, marjoram, oregano, thyme) like a Mediterranean climate, so lots of sun and quite dry soil (apart from the odd shower here and there) are ideal. Basil is an Asian herb preferring lots of sunshine and moist soil (if you can rustle up a bit of humidity too, job done!) Chives, parsley and mint need water - don't let the soil dry out - but will grow well in sunny and shady spots.

Step Five - Harvest regularly to keep them going.

If you're not using your herbs for cooking very often, it's still worth harvesting them regularly. This will encourage new growth and keep the plants looking healthy and bushy rather than going twiggy or suddenly bolting. You'll receive a full growing guide with your plants which details when to cut them back etc. [post_title] => A Beginner's Guide to Growing Herbs [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => rocket-guide-growing-herbs [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-01-25 15:56:20 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-01-25 15:56:20 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.rocketgardens.co.uk/?p=6127 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [2] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 333119 [post_author] => 4 [post_date] => 2022-06-24 15:32:56 [post_date_gmt] => 2022-06-24 14:32:56 [post_content] =>

Some herb plants are just great for flowery pots or growing in borders.

Here's our pick of the best to grow for their flowers...

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Chives

3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)

Full Sun, Rich Soil

Full Sun, Light Soil, Excellent Drainage

Partial Shade, Rich Soil

Step One - Decide what herbs you want to grow.

Step Two - How much space do you have?

Step Three - Make sure they have good drainage.

Step Four - Take note of the two vital ingredients...sun & water.

Step Five - Harvest regularly to keep them going.

Some herb plants are just great for flowery pots or growing in borders.

Here's our pick of the best to grow for their flowers...

Interested in growing herbs?

3 groups of herbs

A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Herbs

5 Herbs for a Beautiful Flower Display

What our customers say...

Hilary Sawyer, Whitney

J.M

P. R.

Shall we save your barrow?

Chives

3 Plants (8.5cm bio-pots)

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Step One - Decide what herbs you want to grow.

Step Two - How much space do you have?

Step Three - Make sure they have good drainage.

Step Four - Take note of the two vital ingredients...sun & water.

Step Five - Harvest regularly to keep them going.

Some herb plants are just great for flowery pots or growing in borders.

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