Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.
The photographs
Week of 6 JulyChives on 9 July, thirty hollow tubes rising straight from one tight crown, each round enough to carry a single highlight down its whole length and tapering to a fine point — several older ones dried pale straw and kinked over, the bases flushed purple.Week of 3 AugustChives on 5 August, twenty round-sectioned leaves radiating from one crown at soil level with a waxy bloom running down each as a soft highlight and several kinked over, low sun behind them and a straw hat lying upturned on the flagstones nearby.
