Let us know how well the germanation rate is on the seed will you oh2fly?

I've got regular chives too and they stay the same size clump or slowly shrink in size unlike the garlic chive.But that just helps motivate one to use them more too.Anything with garlic in it's name can't be all that bad...right?

This is interesting. I have probably 4 or 5 chive clumps, and I think two of them are garlic chives. They all look identical to me, and I have to taste them to tell the difference. Any other chive varieties out there that I haven't tried yet?

Johnny's had 3 kinds of regular chives from seed.....

This year I am starting the garlic chives from seed, and the one 'regular' chives I picked was 'fine leaf chives'.

The fine leaf chives look...uh, like fine leaf chives! As in their leaves are very skinny. It should be a noticeable difference even when the plants are mature. (I have totally normal regular chives already in my garden).

My 1yo clumps of garlic chives have put out new leaves--the leaves not like regular chives at all...they are flat and just over a centimeter wide, no mistaking them for regular chives.

Here's a few pictues of my chives by the back door.Regular chives And garlic chives

blue, my chives look exactly like yours. Would you consider them fine leaved or not? I will start some of the garlic chives and let you know how they do. I planted some 3 year old onion seeds and haven't seen a thing. It's been 2 weeks.

I do believe the regular chives are the fine leaf type.They came with the property when I bought it 20 years ago.

If you look close at the garlic chive picture you can see all the old flower stalks that I trimmed down.Trust me you only got a few of the seeds that came from last years bloom.

I think I guess with bluestreak....I think my garden chives have fatter leaves than that.

I just spotted some chives in my raised bed with the table on it. They are round and twice as fat as my normal chives. So, I guess I will have 3 kinds from now on. They have flowers on the stalks, too. I put a portable greenhouse over that bed over the winter for lettuce and spinach. The warmth must have triggered the chives.

My comment on bluestreaks pics above.. THe top picture looks like chives.. or is it wild onions? In other words.. that top pic could be really young chives.. It is too early in the season to judge a chive by it's size.. unless it looks like the pic of garlic chives.. Those flat blades are definitely garlic chives. It looks exactly like mine. My onion chives are about 9-12 inches tall and are starting to fatten up at the base like they are supposed to. When they first come up.. they are skinny. I would judge picture 1 by the blooms they produce in May! You can also go by taste!
My garlic chives tnd to be slower coming up than the regular chives. They are also slower to die back as I reported in another post.

Regardless.. you have got to love chives... What else comes up early and dies back late? I can see how this herb would have been essential to our ancestors for getting through the year.

Per Rabbit's comment:

Blue does that clump of Chives(pic 1) flower pink in May? If so, yep regular chives, but otherwise, well, heck, I vote with Rabbit! Wild onions! Hahahaha

Can't wait for a pic in May!

Gotta see the flowers!

They do have a purple/pink bloom every year.That and they only get 4-6" tall makes me pretty sure they are regular chives.At least I use them like they are.

ACK! 4-6 inches seems awfully short to me.

My garden chives (also have purple/pink flowers) are about a foot tall. Is this the difference between fine leaf and regular??

Mine are already a foot tall. They get a little taller before pink flowers happen.Just had a bunch on a baked potato for dinner. UUUUMMMH!

Yep.. all of my chives, regardless of flavor, get about 15-18, maybe even 24 inches tall.. must measure.. I think the garlic chives get taller than the onion chives.

Now Bluestreak...I see you are from Illinois..
Are you male or Female? Just joking... I could tell a joke about inches... but I won't! But I am also a quilt maker like Mumsey so I know my inches..