Best time to plant garlic chives in Canberra
Allium tuberosum
Also called Chinese chives, Asian chives, Oriental garlic, Chinese leek
Sow garlic chives in Canberra in Oct to Mar.
Garlic chives are a clump-forming perennial from China with flat, strap-like leaves, and the flavour sits closer to garlic than to ordinary chives. Round clusters of white flowers rise on tall stalks, and the plants spread slowly or sprout readily from seed. Asian cooking uses them in several ways.
When to sow in Canberra
Canberra, ACT is in the cool zone. Its months for garlic chives apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Canberra
Frost usually arrives in Canberra around early April and finishes by early November. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid March or as late as late November, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: stays for years
Holds its spot for years. Check your garden's rules and how long your plot licence runs.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 8mm
- Plant spacing
- 8cm
- Row spacing
- 8cm
- Height
- 45cm
- Germination
- 14-21 days at 15-21°C
- Time to harvest
- 60-90 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.