Long Harvest Garlic Bulb Collection
Long Harvest Garlic Bulb Collection is a carefully selected super saver collection designed to extend your garlic harvest from late May through to August. This set includes three varieties, giving a continuous cropping season and excellent value while delivering reliable results in the kitchen garden. Featuring Garlic Extra Early Wight (Hardneck), Garlic Rhapsody Wight (Softneck), and Garlic Carcassone Wight (Hardneck), each variety has been chosen for performance, flavour and ease of growing in UK conditions.
Garlic Extra Early Wight is the earliest variety to harvest, offering clean white skins and brilliant white flesh with a delicious flavour. Garlic Rhapsody Wight develops into large bulbs with striking purple streaking and a fresh, zingy taste, ideal for a wide range of dishes and also suitable for harvesting young as a green garlic. Garlic Carcassone Wight produces vigorous plants with well-formed bulbs and pink cloves, delivering a strong, aromatic flavour that holds well in cooking. All varieties are ideal for autumn planting and have been tried and tested to perform reliably.
Each year, these garlics are sourced through trusted expert growers, ensuring consistently high quality bulbs suitable for UK gardens. Easy to grow and suitable for patio pots or garden beds, this collection is perfect for gardeners looking to enjoy a longer garlic season with dependable, flavoursome harvests straight from their own garden.
Garlic Types
Hardneck Garlic (Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon)
Generally more hardy than softneck varieties (they are the best choice for northern gardeners) and tend to be a bit larger but with fewer cloves per bulb. They produce 'scrapes' in early summer - a strong, single flower stalk that should be removed and used in all manner of culinary dishes - they taste fantastic!
Softneck Garlic (Allium sativum var. sativum)
Often produce smaller cloves per head but are quicker to mature and will store for longer than hardneck varieties. Softneck types prefer to grow in warmer areas and are generally more mild tasting than hardnecks, soft stems make them perfect for plaiting.
Hardneck types have a distinctive flavour and produce coiled flower stalks known as ‘scapes’ or ‘racamboles’. These are best removed to increase bulb size and are lovely chopped into salad dressings and stir-fries.
Softneck garlics are the ones most commonly grown. They don’t produce a stalk and are known for storing well, traditionally in a plait.
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Long Harvest Garlic Bulb Collection is a carefully selected super saver collection designed to extend your garlic harvest from late May through to August. This set includes three varieties, giving a continuous cropping season and excellent value while delivering reliable results in the kitchen garden. Featuring Garlic Extra Early Wight (Hardneck), Garlic Rhapsody Wight (Softneck), and Garlic Carcassone Wight (Hardneck), each variety has been chosen for performance, flavour and ease of growing in UK conditions.
Garlic Extra Early Wight is the earliest variety to harvest, offering clean white skins and brilliant white flesh with a delicious flavour. Garlic Rhapsody Wight develops into large bulbs with striking purple streaking and a fresh, zingy taste, ideal for a wide range of dishes and also suitable for harvesting young as a green garlic. Garlic Carcassone Wight produces vigorous plants with well-formed bulbs and pink cloves, delivering a strong, aromatic flavour that holds well in cooking. All varieties are ideal for autumn planting and have been tried and tested to perform reliably.
Each year, these garlics are sourced through trusted expert growers, ensuring consistently high quality bulbs suitable for UK gardens. Easy to grow and suitable for patio pots or garden beds, this collection is perfect for gardeners looking to enjoy a longer garlic season with dependable, flavoursome harvests straight from their own garden.
Garlic Types
Hardneck Garlic (Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon)
Generally more hardy than softneck varieties (they are the best choice for northern gardeners) and tend to be a bit larger but with fewer cloves per bulb. They produce 'scrapes' in early summer - a strong, single flower stalk that should be removed and used in all manner of culinary dishes - they taste fantastic!
Softneck Garlic (Allium sativum var. sativum)
Often produce smaller cloves per head but are quicker to mature and will store for longer than hardneck varieties. Softneck types prefer to grow in warmer areas and are generally more mild tasting than hardnecks, soft stems make them perfect for plaiting.
Hardneck types have a distinctive flavour and produce coiled flower stalks known as ‘scapes’ or ‘racamboles’. These are best removed to increase bulb size and are lovely chopped into salad dressings and stir-fries.
Softneck garlics are the ones most commonly grown. They don’t produce a stalk and are known for storing well, traditionally in a plait.
