Australian Garlic
Celebrating and understanding our garlic groups and cultivars
Middle Eastern Group
Hardneck - Weakly Bolting
The Middle Eastern Group is not as well defined as other groups. In the USA they are described as having small bulbs, narrow leaves and as being weakly bolting. In Australia, two named cultivars, Kisswani and Yabroudi that are supposed to be in this Group have large, lumpy bulbs, big cloves, broad floppy leaves and rarely bolt.
General Information
International name/s:
Flavour: Mild
Storage: Medium to long
Growing location: Tasmania, Victoria but could be grown in SA and Southern NSW and WA.
Growing requirements: Cool to cold winters and warm springs. Will tolerate hot dry summers.
Planting and harvest: Early to middle.
Bulb
Shape: Small to large, lumpy.
Skin colour and texture: Generally white to mauve with fairly coarse skins.
Clove
Number and layout: Numerous in layers.
Size and shape: Small to large in numerous layers.
Skin colour and texture: White, fine and difficult to peel.
Plant
Size and shape: Slender to thick, medium height.
Leaves: Slender to thick.
Young plants: Strong and solid.
Matures: Early maturing.
Scape: Slender and weak and usually upright.
Umbel and beak:
Bulbils and flowers: Sometimes bublils in pseudostem.
Artichoke Group
Silverskin Group
Subtropical Group
Asiatic Group
Creole Group
Middle Eastern Group
Turban Group
- Flinders Island Purple
- Glamour
- Italian Purple
- Monaro Purple
- Ontos Purple
- Shandong
- Tasmanian Purple
- White Crookneck
- Xian