Editing Allium tuberosum (section)

== Cultivation ==
[[File:HK 深水埗 Sham Shui Po 104 福華街 Fuk Wa Street 圓方餃子粥麵 Yuen Fong restaurant green 韮菜 Allium tuberosum Dec 2018 SSG 01.jpg|thumb|Garlic chives being sold in [[Hong Kong]]]]
Often grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens, several [[cultivars]] are available. ''A. tuberosum'' is distinctive by blooming later than most native or naturalised species of ''Allium''.{{sfn|Hilty|2015}} It is cold-hardy to USDA zones 4–10 ({{convert|-30|to|+35|F|abbr=on|disp=semicolon}}).{{sfn|Floridata|2015|loc=[http://www.floridata.com/Plants/Amaryllidaceae/Allium%20tuberosum/632 Steve Christman. ''Allium tuberosum'' 12 December 2003]}} Garlic chives are regarded as easy to grow in many conditions and may spread readily by seeds or can be intentionally propagated by dividing their clumps.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eol.org/pages/1085072/overview|title = Chinese chives - Encyclopedia of Life}}</ref>

A number of varieties have been developed for either improved leaf (''e.g.'' 'Shiva') or flower stem (''e.g.'' 'Nien Hua') production.{{sfn|Larkcom|Douglass|2008|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Reqk636tqWAC&pg=PA80 p.&nbsp;80]}} While the emphasis in Asia has been primarily culinary, in North America, the interest has been more as an ornamental.{{sfn|Mahr|2010}} 'Monstrosum' is a giant ornamental cultivar.{{sfn|Staudengärtnerei|2015}}