Garlic Chive Flowers Edible. Pick chives flowers when they are just fully open. Chinese chives (or garlic chives) produce edible white flowers with a garlic flavor that is stronger than the leaf itself.
Garlic chives have flatter leaves than common chives. Type: Open Pollinated, Heirloom, Cool Season The opened flowers can be used as you would use regular chive blossoms.
Garlic chives combine well with many perennials and annuals.
Herb Flowers (Anise Hyssop, Basil, Bee Balm, Chives, Cilantro, Dill, Fennel, Garlic and more): Many herb flowers are just as tasty.
As the name indicates, garlic chives have a delicate garlic flavor and are used extensively in oriental dishes. Chives - Buy and grow chive seeds and plants that produce a mild onion garlic flavor. No one is really sure if the flowers are there for decoration or to be eaten.