Split a clump and try some. I tend to use them in the shade as shade content plants are harder to find. I'd say they would do fine in the sin as I've neglected some in pots and they didn't die😏 I'd give it a try but make sure they get plenty of water without waterlogging
I’ve got sage plants growing along side the chives, it does quite well here, over winters, been there for donkeys years. Parsley’s good too but only short lived, I buy a pot from Tesco and get about 20 plants out of it.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I planted about a quarter of a packet of chive seeds about 15 years ago. Heavy clay soil and in the shade. Just about eradicated them now, after a spirited attempt at taking over the garden. They're even in the blinking lawn. Moral: don't let the flower heads run to seed.
I have my chives edging a small herb bed full of thymes and oregano which is mostly in full sun. The chives are pretty resilient, some spend most of the summer peeping up through self-seeded Californian poppies and violas
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham
Thanks for all the comments. As most require well drained soil, should I add something (grit/perlite/sand) just to ensure that the soil is adequately well drained, even though it seems reasonable as it is?
I just bought supermarket chives, divided them up and put some straight into the ground and some in pots.
My dad grew the chives years ago form seeds but now I buy basil and parsley in pots and split them, as cheap as a packet of seeds and no faffing about.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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I'd give it a try but make sure they get plenty of water without waterlogging
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham