Like humans who have similar traits to our relatives, so does the plant genus, Allium, part of the Amaryllidaceae family. The Allium genus is made up of edibles (onion, garlic, leeks, chives) and ...

Grown and known for its onion-like taste, chives add fresh flavor to cuisines of all types. Both the foliage—slender, bright green leaves—and the flowers—purple pom-pom blooms—are edible. Chives grow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chives growing in a walled garden Chives are a hugely useful and popular perennial herb, often a mainstay in many people’s herb ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Bevin Cohen, gardener and author of Herbs in Every Season, believes chives make an outstanding addition ...

Chives are one of this year’s One Vegetable, One Community offerings. But not only is it a nice addition to many different ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chives can be planted in garden beds or pots—you can also interplant them along with ornamental flowers. They’re ideal for edging ...

IDAHO FALLS — It doesn’t take a person long to learn the smell of an onion. Once this smell is learned, it is easy to identify the other members of the allium family. Some individuals cannot stand the ...

What would we do without the genus Allium? I am convinced that our kitchens and dinner tables (and literature) would be much duller in its absence. Allium is what we call a “genus”…which is to say, a ...

This story was originally published in March 2019. Although garlic is usually planted in the fall, planting garlic in the spring will yield a harvest. But it’s a different growing and harvesting ...