Chive question: do you cut yours back to the ground after they bloom?

I do because our gardens have so many we don't miss the supply. If you only have a plant or two,

cut out the flower stems so they won't end up in your chopped chives--they're too woody to eat.

 
I don`t. I have one pot that grew all winter and flowered last month. In my big

garden I always just pulled out or cut the tough-stemmed flowering bits so they would not seed all over. The flowers are edible by the way.

But the plants continued throughout the season.

Also in my big garden, I cut them down in December but here where it`s warmer, I just let them look after themselves. Seems to work.

They also need to be divided every few years or they become a bit unmanageable.

 
I have mowed over them (by accident) and they pop right back up in a week or two

I have also trimmed them to see if it would make them grow faster and bushier, and it doesn't seem to make any difference, cut or uncut.

 
Rented a house w/ a massive chive patch in the lawn. Every time I mowed, it smelled heavenly!

 
Thank you all. I think I will experiment. It seems that after they bloom they are not

so pretty any more. I have at least 4 mature groupings so I think I will cut two back and leave 2 and see what happens and if there is any difference!

 
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