Australian Garlic
Celebrating and understanding our garlic groups and cultivars
Porcelain 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: Hot, strong and sulphurous.
Storage: Medium
Growing location: Tasmania
Growing requirements: Very cold winters and mild spring and summer.
Planting and harvest: Late
Bulb
Shape: Large, globe shaped.
Skin colour and texture: Satiny, white with occasional streaking of red and purple.
Clove
Number and layout: 3-6 in one layer.
Size and shape: Fat, symmetrical and elongated. Double cloves are rare.
Skin colour and texture: Tight white or bronze, red, brown. Hard to peel.
Plant
Size and shape: Very tall, up to 2.1 m.
Leaves: Thick, broad leaves.
Young plants:
Matures: Late to mature.
Scape: Thick, strong developed early in growth cycle. Coil loosely, erratically, randomly and then straighten. Remove scape for large bulb.
Umbel and beak: Large with medium length beak.
Bulbils and flowers: Tiny to small bulbils, 100-200, pink, purple bronze. Numerous pink 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