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Garlic at Suttons

by Diane - September 18th, 2012.
Filed under: Suttons Seeds.

Garlic Lover’s Collection
 £14.96
Collection contains 8 bulbs (2 of each variety):Illico (hardneck) – A very early-maturing hardneck garlic, producing bulbs that are mainly white with some pale purple colouring. Can be harvested in May as ‘green garlic’ – a delicious, sweet, mildly garlic-flavoured vegetable that is popular in the restaurant trade. 2 bulbs (9-10 cloves per bulb)Jolimont (softneck) – High quality, deliciously flavoured, white-skinned bulbs that store well right through to January. Can be harvested as tasty mildly flavoured ‘green garlic’ in May. 2 bulbs (11 cloves per bulb)Solent Wight (softneck) – A popular selection that is well adapted to the British climate and gives a good crop of large bulbs with plump tasty cloves. Expect to start harvesting in July from a November planting – once the foliage starts to turn yellow and dry. 2 bulbs (12-14 cloves per bulb)Purple Wight (semi-hardneck) – A good garlic that is earlier than Solent Wight being ready to lift from mid-June. Has an attractive purple-striped skin containing strong tasting cloves. Stores well until the end of the year. 2 bulbs (5-8 cloves per bulb). Pack of 8 Bulbs (2 of each variety) – SAVE £3.00!

Elephant Garlic Bulbs
 £6.99
Not a true garlic and most closely related to the leek (with a swollen stem base). Produces jumbo sized bulbs with relatively few very large cloves – around four times the size of others – which are milder tasting and less pungent than true garlic. Very versatile in the kitchen – use it as a vegetable sliced and grilled, or sauteed in butter or olive oil, as a flavouring for casseroles, or sliced raw in salads. Approximately 6 cloves.. 6 Cloves

Allium Rosy Garlic (Ornamental Onion A. roseum)
 £5.49
Pretty clusters of pale to rich pink flowers above strap-like leaves. Spreads slowly to form a good-sized clump. Flowers in May. Height 65cm. Bulb size 4/5cm. (Bulb sizes quoted in centimetres refer to the circumference of bulbs. All bulbs are sourced from cultivated stocks.)These hardy perennial ‘ornamental onions’, which explode into bloom in early summer, are becoming ever more popular for creating dramatic border displays, and for cutting. And even when the initial display is over the dried heads look amazing in the garden or in a vase indoors.. Pack of 35 Bulbs

Garlic Sprint
 £4.99
A very fast-growing, short dormancy variety for planting before the end of January. Produces good quality large bulbs with white skin and a violet flame. Ready from June onwards. (Hardneck type). 2 Bulbs (9-10 cloves per bulb.)Virus-free French variety – These bulbs come from virus-free stock, ensuring that theyll grow into healthier plants and produce larger harvests!. 2 Bulbs

Garlic Bella Italiano
 £4.99
A superb Italian variety producing delicious strong-flavoured, pink-and-white cloves. Plant October-January. Stores up to March the year following harvest. 2 bulbs (12-14 cloves per bulb). (Hardneck type).. 2 Bulbs

Garlic Solent Wight
 £4.99
A popular selection that gives a good crop of large bulbs with plump tasty cloves. Can be planted from November to late December, or February-April. Harvest from July onwards. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. 2 bulbs (12-14 cloves per bulb.) (Softneck.). 2 Bulbs

Garlic Purple Wight
 £4.99
A first-class variety that is ready to lift from mid June. Has an attractive purple striped skin containing strong tasting cloves. Stores well. Plant October-January. (Semi-hardneck type) 2 bulbs (5-8 cloves per bulb).. 2 Bulbs

Garlic Vayo Bulbs (hardneck)
 £4.99
A first-rate virus-free variety, producing a bountiful harvest of large, very attractive violet-glazed/streaked garlic bulbs with a superb flavour.. 2 Garlic Bulbs

Garlic Arno
 £4.99
A first-class softneck variety whose ivory-white skins contain a feast of attractive pink cloves with a medium garlic flavour. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.Virus-free French variety – These bulbs come from virus-free stock, ensuring that theyll grow into healthier plants and produce larger harvests! 2 bulbs (9-11 cloves per bulb).Buy any two packs for £7.98 and SAVE £2.00!. 2 Bulbs