Australian Garlic
Celebrating and understanding our garlic groups and cultivars
Creole Group
Hardneck - Weakly Bolting
General Information
International name/s:
Flavour: Spicey, hot and rich.
Storage: Long
Growing location: Tasmania to Nothern NSW. South Australia and Southern WA.
Growing requirements: Hot, dry climates. Do not like warm humidity.
Planting and harvest: Mid season to late season
Bulb
Shape: Smaller, globe shaped usually symmetrical bulbs.
Skin colour and texture: Strong, glossy white sometimes with purple hue, but no striping or blotching.
Clove
Number and layout: 8 to 12 in one or two layers
Size and shape: Tall slender cloves with sharply angled inner edge.
Skin colour and texture: Bright red, burgundy, purple, bronze some with cream shading and striping. Occasionally pale pink or even white with pink top and bottom. Tight skins, hard to peel, easier after storage.
Plant
Size and shape: Small to medium in height.
Leaves: Narrow, blue-green, quite vertical. Often only 6 leaves but may be 8-10.
Young plants: Slender and upright.
Matures: Usually mid to late maturing
Scape: Although scapes classed as weakly bolting, stronger than others. Upside down U, some curl more. Remove scapes or they will adversely affect bulb size.
Umbel and beak: Long, slender, small umbel. Medium length beak.
Bulbils and flowers: Small to medium bulbils, usually more than 30, pale pink to purple skins. No or few flowers.
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Silverskin Group
Subtropical Group
Asiatic Group
Creole Group
Middle Eastern Group
Turban Group
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- Ontos Purple
- Shandong
- Tasmanian Purple
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