Planting guide

When to plant garlic chives

Flat, garlic-flavoured leaves for dumplings and stir-fries; a hardy perennial. In Melbourne it goes in Mar, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

Start as: Seed, sown in place or Seedling
Ready in: 10–14 wks
Spacing: 20 cm
Depth: 1 cm
Sun: Full sun (6+ hours)
Water: Regular
Effort: Easy
Frost-tender: No

When it goes in

● means garlic chives can go in that month, ○ means wait. Worked out from each town's climate zone and season, the way planting guides do it. Pick your town for the full list for that month.

Australian towns and cities
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sydney	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Melbourne	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Brisbane	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Perth	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Adelaide	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Gold Coast	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Newcastle	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Sunshine Coast	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Canberra	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Central Coast	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Geelong	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Wollongong	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Hobart	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Townsville	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Cairns	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Toowoomba	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Darwin	○	○	○	●	●	●	●	●	●	○	○	○
Ballarat	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mandurah	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Bendigo	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Launceston	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mackay	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Rockhampton	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Coffs Harbour	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Blue Mountains	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Bunbury	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Bundaberg	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	●	●	●	○
Alice Springs	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Mildura	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Port Macquarie	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●

Around the world
Town	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Auckland	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Wellington	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Christchurch	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
London	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Manchester	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Edinburgh	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Dublin	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
New York City	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Los Angeles	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	○	○	○
Chicago	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Seattle	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Austin	○	○	●	●	●	●	○	○	●	○	○	○
Toronto	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Vancouver	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Cape Town	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Johannesburg	○	○	●	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●	●
Singapore	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Mumbai	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○	●	●	●
Paris	○	○	○	●	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○
Berlin	○	○	○	○	●	●	○	○	○	○	○	○

How to plant garlic chives

Sow seed 1 cm deep, or plant a divided clump.
Keep moist until established.
Cut leaves 5 cm above the soil.
Cut flower stems off unless you want seed.

Garlic Chives varieties

Classic varieties are the reliable, widely grown ones. Adventurous ones are heirlooms, odd colours and rarities.

Flat Leaf Classicheirloom · 10–14 wksFlat leaves with a mild garlic flavour
Broad Leaf Classicheavy-cropper · 10–14 wksWide leaves, cut often for dumplings
Flowering Garlic Chives Adventurouscolourful · 11–16 wksGrown for the tender flower stems as well as the leaves