Allium schoenoprasum ~ Chives multicolored-leaf The long dark green foliage

The long dark green foliage with pronounced burgundy spotting and a waxy coating have tiny but sharp marginal spines

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Monrovia® Ruby Tuesday Heuchera is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage

Allium schoenoprasum ~ Chives multicolored-leaf The long dark green foliageChives are a small bulbus culinary herb that has thin, tubular grass like foliage with a mild taste of onion and edible flowers. Fragrant lavender global clusters resembling clovers bloom from late spring into summer. Grows best with light afternoon shade in the South and dry to medium well drained soils. When crushed the foliage smells like onion. Type: Perennial Origins: Northern Hemisphere Height: 1' 1. 5' Spread: 1' 1. 5' Spacing: 1' USDA