Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) are the smallest species of the onion family^[1] Alliaceae, native to Europe, Asia and North America^[2]. They are referred to only in the plural, because they grow in clumps rather than as individual plants. Allium schoenoprasum is also the only species of Allium native to both the New and the Old World.

Chives are cultivated both for its culinary uses as well as its ornamental value; the violet flowers are often used in ornamental dry bouquets.^[20]

Chives thrive in well drained soil, rich in organic matter, with a pH of 6-7 and full sun.^[2]

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