Please check with our store for availability– varieties are slowly starting to trickle in!
We are excited to offer another delicious lineup of seed garlic for the fall season! Take a peek at what we have to offer, and make sure to get your garlic early for the best selection- it sells FAST!
Hardneck Varieties
Chesnok Red – organically grown
This beautiful, purple stripe garlic is a perennial favorite with staff and customers alike. It can grow 8-12 cloves per bulb and many consider its flavor and texture among the best for roasting. Chesnok Red originally hails from Shvelisi in the Republic of Georgia and boasts great flavor, good size, and eye-catching color. Late Season.
Country Joy Farm – Dexter, OR
Georgian Crystal – organically grown
An heirloom garlic that has a delicious taste with considerable heat and superior flavor. Produces about 5 to 8 cloves and can be very large at harvest. Mid Season.
Fields Farm – Bend, OR
German Porcelain – organically grown
Grows a very large bulb containing 4-8 easy to peel cloves. The white wrappers have delicate purple stripes. This one is #1 on taste. Stores up to six months. Does well in any climate. Mid Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
Music– organically grown
A hardneck garlic originally brought from Italy to Canada in the 1980’s. Music produces large bulbs with 4-6 big, easy to peel cloves. With a classic garlic flavor, sweet when roasted and hot when eaten raw, Music is an all-around favorite of chefs and garlic lovers. Mid Season.
Country Joy Farm – Dexter, OR
Northern White – organically grown
What a beautiful garlic with great flavor too! Excellent cold hardy variety known for its delicious flavor, and easy to peel large cloves. A nice all-purpose garlic especially good for cooking or roasting. Mid Season.
Humming Bee Nursery – Corvallis, OR
Metechi – organically grown
We are excited to have Metechi back in our garlic offerings this season! This garlic has large bulbs and good size cloves that have a strong flavor and nice heat. With good storage capacity, Metechi is a must have if you are looking to try a new variety in your garden this season. Mid Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
Romanian Red – organically grown
This is one tasty garlic! Has the heat and long lasting flavor that many of us love in a hardneck garlic. The large cloves are wrapped in a white skin with streaks of purple-red. Beautiful and delicious. Late Season.
Deschutes Canyon Garlic – Terrebonne, OR
Rosewood – organically grown
Rosewood is a hardneck, heirloom garlic that has a warm, spicy flavor when cooked, but is hot like wasabi when raw. When roasted, it has a nice, delicious, buttery flavor. As one of the hottest types of garlic, it also has a robust flavor with a strong finish. Mid Season.
Country Joy Farm – Dexter, OR
Shandong – naturally grown
Consistent producer with an early harvest. Great garlic flavor with fiery, lingering heat. Excellent turban/hardneck choice. Early Season.
Oso Honey Farm – Philomath, OR
Svea – organically grown
This hardneck packs a punch! Strong, hot, and full-flavored, Svea is perfect for baking and is a favorite with chefs. Averages 5-8 large, purple streaked, easy to peel cloves per bulb. Thrives in colder climates. Good storage. Late Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
Softneck Varieties
California Early – organically grown
A delicious and reliable softneck. Has great mild flavor with a long storage capacity. A perfect garlic for braiding with large cloves that are easy to peel. Paper skins are white with occasional pink or purple blush. Early Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
Early Italian Purple – organically grown
This delicious garlic is famously associated with the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California. The bulbs are large, white-skinned with purple stripes and a well-rounded mild flavor, excellent fresh or used in cooking. Early Italian Purple is one of our best-sellers so keep in mind it sells quickly! Early Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
Inchelium Red – naturally grown
Oh how we love this one! Inchelium Red easily boasts three inch size bulbs that produce 8-20 cloves of mild, but lasting flavor and a hint of hot! Dense cloves store well, and the flavor can get stronger in storage. This vigorous variety won on a Rodale Institute taste test of 20 garlic strains named, “Very Best of the Softnecks.”. Mid Season.
Earthwise Garlic – Coburg, OR
Lorz Italian – organically grown
This strain was brought from Italy to the Pacific Northwest by the Lorz family in the late 1800’s. Has excellent garlic flavor with mild to medium heat. This makes it great for any recipe calling for raw garlic- think salad dressing, hummus, bruschetta, fresh salsa and guacamole. Uniform and high yielding strain. Produces early maturing bulbs that can be palm-sized in proper growing conditions. Mid Season.
Deschutes Canyon Garlic – Terrebonne, OR
Nootka Rose – organically grown
This beautiful garlic has great flavor, a nice look, and is very productive too! Makes lovely garlic braids with cloves that are streaked red on mahogany. This popular garlic has a robust flavor for a softneck and is a staff favorite. Late Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
Silver Rose– organically grown
A favorite softneck, this garlic is reliable, easy to grow with mild flavor, perfect for roasting, baking, and more. Can easily keep 6-9 months when stored loose or braided. Late Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
Elephant Garlic
Elephant – organically grown
Looks like and tastes like a hardneck garlic, but is actually a leek with delicious mild garlic-like flavor. Impressive almost softball size heads, easy to peel. Delicious in soups, stews, dips, and sauces. Late Season.
Irish Eyes – Ellensburg, WA
