{"product_id":"skagit-bay-chives-seed-allium-schoenoprasum","title":"Skagit Bay Chives Seed (Allium schoenoprasum)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhile we aren’t yet ready to call this a landrace variety, this chives population has does quite well for us in the maritime rain shadow region of the Salish Sea coast where the climate is characterized by cool, foggy, damp winters and bone-dry summers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eVerdant and good flavored, this population is decorated with lavender to white flowers that are well trafficked by our local Sitka bumble bees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis plant has a feral quality. Ruderal. Found growing wild among local grasses, alongside the weedy tall fescue, ubiquitous plantains, and patchy legacy strands of \u003cem\u003eDanthonia\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLomatium\u003c\/em\u003e, this plant integrates into some of our local meadow vegetation and looked to us like it belonged there. Native? Introduced?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eChives are native to the Pacific Northwest and the northern tier of North America, although there is no current methodology for distinguishing between native chive populations and European or Asian populations (which have also spread far and wide across North America). Moreover, it’s likely that the distinct genetics of the respective continental types are now mixed and scrambled beyond any potential reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWith that in mind, you might choose to plant these in your vegetable garden. Or, they might be something you enjoy in a meadow, alongside the camas and biscuitroots – a kind of versatile browsable, wildling that the deer leave alone, but to which the bees make haste. Make of it as you will. It most certainly is wild in every sense. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e100+ seeds (0.5 grams).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565049024758,"sku":null,"price":6.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/skagit-bay-chives-seed-allium-schoenoprasum-6562398.jpg?v=1777575010","url":"https:\/\/northwestmeadowscapes.com\/products\/skagit-bay-chives-seed-allium-schoenoprasum","provider":"Northwest Meadowscapes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}