Looking like purple pompons in the garden, chive flowers are more than just cute little puffballs that you leave to the pollinators. These edible flowers are one of the best-tasting blossoms you can grow or buy, and their season is fleeting so if you want to enjoy them, harvest them now before they fade away! What are chive flowers? You’re probably already familiar with chives, the long green stems that look like scaled-down versions of scallions. These perennial herbs go dormant in winter, looking all gangly and yellow for a few months, before they reemerge in spring with fresh green growth. As spring starts sauntering toward summer, chive plants send up hollow flower stalks called scapes (similar to garlic scapes) and at the end of each scape is a tight lavender bud that develops into […]
