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Common name broadleaf chives Family alliaceae Life cycle perennial (Z5) Flowers pink (mid-late summer) Size 8" Light sun From seed germinate at room temperature detailed seed-starting info below From tufts of foliage spring typical allium umbels of pink flowers. The subsp. montanum var. glaucum variety is supposed to have swirled foliage.

In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: bogside border, rock garden, orchard nursery area, sale plot

Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list

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Maureen and Glen in Canada

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Seed-starting details for this plant

2005. Seed from '03 trade. Baggy 70F (38+%G, 6-18d)
2007. Seed for ssp. montanum from '06 trade. Baggy 70F (98%G, 5d)
2008. Seed for ssp. montanum var. glaucum from HPS/MAG '07/'08 exchange. Baggy 70F (82%G, 8-13d)

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