Australian Garlic
Celebrating and understanding our garlic groups and cultivars
Marbled Purple Stripe Group
Hardneck - Strongly Bolting
This cultivar falls into the Artichoke Group, Type 2 and shares its evolution with others in this sub-group from Formosan to Taiwanese and Taiwanese Purple. Long time grower Roger Schmitke selected bulbs from this heritage that produced larger bulbs and cloves then other cultivars grown in the 80s and 90s. These went to Queensland’s Gatton Research Station and over a 6 year period they were grown and selected and replanted, selecting only the biggest and best bulbs and cloves. In 1997 Southern Glen named and released.  See the Production of Garlic here
This day-length neutral cultivar is a very important cultivar for growers in warmer more northern regions.
General Information
International name/s:
Flavour: Good flavour, but hot and more sulphurous than Purple Stripe
Storage: Medium
Growing location: Cooler parts of NSW and Vic, Tasmania
Growing requirements: Cold climates, and warmer climates with cold winters and warm spring, but not too hot or humid summers.
Planting and harvest: Late planting and late harvest.
Bulb
Shape: Symmetrical globe.
Skin colour and texture: Strong white skins that are more mottled than striped purple. Colouring not usually as distinct as Turban Group.
Clove
Number and layout: Generally 4-7 in single layer, fewer than Purple Stripe.
Size and shape: Large, fat and chunky.
Skin colour and texture: Bronze-brown cloves. Peel easily.
Plant
Size and shape: Very tall
Leaves: Wide
Young plants:
Matures: Late.
Scape: Thick, variable scapes; some curl strongly before straightening, others are weaker. Cut scapes to promote bulb size.
Umbel and beak: ?
Bulbils and flowers: Numerous medium, purple bulbils (10-50) and flowers
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