| Description | Allium schoenoprasum
Chives come from the same family as onions, leeks, and garlic. And originate from Northern Europe and North America. Chives are used as decorative borders in Britain. They are the mildest of all onions, and are probably the easiest to grow of all the culinary herbs! They are a hardy perennial herb and grow in clumps, in almost any soil condition. Although they prefer rich soil in a nice sunny position. They are also perfect to grow in pots. Splitting the plant every few years will ensure the plants survival. Chives can reach up to 60cm in height and don't have the typical onion bulb. The clumps have shoots of little purple flowers, which are very pretty and also edible. Use chives in sauces, fresh salads, in egg or omelette recipes or with cream cheese. Can be used as a garnish on soups or potatoes. Diced leaves are great mixed in sour cream for baked potatoes. Or why not mix with softened butter and add to grilled meat! When harvesting, cut close to the ground, which is better for the plant. Store in airtight plastic in the fridge for up to a week. You can also preserve chives in butters, oils, and vinaigrettes.
4"/10cm pot size. | Buxus sempervirens
Want to buy cheap English Box? This is the size for you. English Box is popular because:
• Low maintenance, only requiring 1-2 prunings a year
• Evergreen with no flowers
• Can be used for hedging, topiary balls, cones, squares, spirals and standards
3"/7cm pot size.
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| Content | | Want to buy cheap English Box?
The 3" pot size are our cheapest English Box plants. While not as big as our other varieties, if you want to establish an English Box hedge as economically as possible, these are for you!
We typically have some of the cheapest English Box available in any retail nursery in Melbourne. These are bigger, bushier and more advanced than your average 3″ tubes of box.
For perfect English Box borders and hedges, we recommend a spacing of 5 plants per meter. The secret to making perfect English Box borders and hedges is to space your English Box closely. Some traditional gardening books recommend spacing them even closer. That's why buying cheap English Box can make a big difference to the price of putting in an English Box hedge, as so many plants are needed.
The advantages of English Box hedge and border is that it only requires one or two trimmings per year. It needs very little water and it grows in almost any soil, except for a very heavy or poorly drained soil. English Box grows in full sun through to the very deepest shade. In fact English Box will grow with no direct sunlight. English Box is the best of the low borders when you have a border that is partly in full sun and partly in deep shade.
Click here to view our English Box Factsheet for more information.
Please note: During Winter, it is common for discolouration on the foliage of English box. It is due to severe frosts, where our products are grown in the coldest parts of Victoria. They will sort themselves out in Spring, however if it does bother you, please treat with Dolomite Lime, and a slow release fertilizer a month later. | |
| Additional information |
| botanical name |
Allium schoenoprasum
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| botanical-name |
Buxus sempervirens
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| height-x-width |
Up to 1.2 metres, or trimmed lower
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| planting-distance |
For border: 5 per metre For low border, 3 or 4 per metre For taller hedge
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| features |
Traditional slower growing neat hedge or border with glossy oval dark green leaves
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade, moist well drained soil
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| landscape-use |
Hedges, borders, topiary, mazes, containers and general garden planting
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