Elephant Garlic

Easy for Beginners
Will grow in Full Sun
Hardy Annual

Elephant garlic has a mild taste and huge succulent cloves, which are perfect for roasting and eating raw, grated into a salad. More

3 cloves 400033-3

£8.50

Delivery early October

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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. If you garden on heavy soil like mine, this is the garlic to grow.

This produces a beautiful purple flowering head – which should be snipped when it emerges to get the best bulb for eating.

Comes with full planting and growing instructions

Genus	Allium ampeloprasum
Type	Hardy Annual
Common Name	Elephant Garlic, Wild Leek
Soil Type	Fertile, Neutral
Site	Full Sun
Moisture	Well-drained
Height	1.5m (5ft)
Spacing	30cm (12in)
Sowing, Seeds, Planting	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	Planted in a herbaceous border, this tall and elegant plant adds glamour and interest. They need very little after care. Just nip off the flower bud if one appears and keep the area weed-free.
Storing	Dry in store trays. If the weather is fine, they should be dry in about 3 weeks.
Harvesting	June. Harvest before the bulb begins to split.
Cooking Notes	This is delicious roasted or in stir-fries. It has a slightly milder flavour, that works well in oriental dishes.

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Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
Flowers/Harvest

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