Garlic chives are perennial herbs with flat, grass-like leaves and a mild garlic flavor. They are used in cooking and as ornamental plants. Inputs Hardiness zone 41 Hardiness zone 51 Hardiness zone 61 Hardiness zone 71 Hardiness zone 81 Outputs Human food2 Type Herb Perennial Allium spp. - Alliums Functions Attracting bees1 Insect repellent1 Ground cover1 Footnotes Allium tuberosum | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 10-1 ↩