Whether I am eating a creamy bowl of potato soup with chive blossoms, or adding the purple flowers to my potato salad, I like ...

The blooms on chive plants are beautiful, pale purple globes made of tiny flower clusters. All parts of the chive plant are ...

Find out if chives are perennial plants that are hardy in your area or if you'll need to plant this herb again in spring.

vegetable stocks, soups, creamy sauces, potato dishes and omelettes, adding the herb to the dish just before serving. Purple-blue chive flowers are also eaten and used as a garnish.

In borders, “if the chive flowers aren’t picked they will ... to trailing and creeping varieties with pink, white and purple flowers – if you want to seek them out from a garden centre.