Allium schoenoprasum 'Forescate'
Chives 'Forescate'
Dense clump forming plant with hollow grass like leaves bluey/green in colour and produces purple/pink clusters of flowers on erect stems in the spring and summer. Both the leaves and stalks are edible but do not cut right down to the ground when harvesting as they need them to keep the plants growing and healthy. 'Forescate' is a large-flowered variety that bears a ball of pink-purple, edible flowers that should not be allowed to set seed, as any seeds will not grow true to the variety - they will revert to common chives. The flowers make very good cut flowers
Contributed by @Aussie63
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Chives 'Forescate'
Latin name
Allium schoenoprasum 'Forescate'
type
Perennial Herb
family
Amaryllidaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.40 M
0.30 M
Allium schoenoprasum 'Forescate'
Dense clump forming plant with hollow grass like leaves bluey/green in colour and produces purple/pink clusters of flowers on erect stems in the spring and summer. Both the leaves and stalks are edible but do not cut right down to the ground when harvesting as they need them to keep the plants growing and healthy. 'Forescate' is a large-flowered variety that bears a ball of pink-purple, edible flowers that should not be allowed to set seed, as any seeds will not grow true to the variety - they will revert to common chives. The flowers make very good cut flowers
Flowering Season
From Early Summer TO Mid Summer
Most allium varieties flower from early to mid-summer.
Planting
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
Alliums do best in well drained soil in full sun. Plant smaller types among alpine plants, the others, between low growing shrubs or herbaceous plants. Plant in mid to late autumn covering the bulbs to 3 or 4 times their own depth and leave untouched for several years until the clumps are so thick that flowering is stifled, and then divide the clumps.
Propagation by division.
From Early Spring TO Late Autumn
Species which multiply rapidly can be split in the autumn or as growth starts in the spring.. Replant both spring and autumn-divided plants immediately and keep the soil moist.
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