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Elephant Garlic
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
- Naturalises
- Self-sows
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Elephant garlic has a mild taste and huge succulent cloves, which are perfect for roasting and eating raw, grated into a salad
This produces a beautiful purple flowering head – which should be snipped when it emerges to get the best bulb for eating.
On occasion we may need to send you an alternative variety to the one shown, which will be selected by our growing team to ensure its suitability. It will be of equal or greater value to the original. Please contact our customer service team if there are any problems.
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
- Naturalises
- Self-sows
Product details
- Type
- Edible Crop
- Position
- Kitchen Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- June - June
- Height
- 30cm (12in)
- Common name
- Elephant Garlic
- Moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 30cm (12in)
- Cultivation
- Best planted out September – February. Plant each giant clove upright, with the flat base down and pushed into the soil to twice their own depth, spaced at intervals of 12in/30cm.
Care Tips
Water the plants in the morning so the soil dries by nightfall to discourage diseases. Stop watering when the garlic's leaves start drying out, which is an indication it's harvest time
Flowering Time
June - June
