Origin
Mediterranean
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Moderate
Flowering
Flowering
Edible & Fruit
Ail
Planted clove by clove in autumn, it needs winter cold to split into a head. Without that chill, no cloves form.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Central Asia
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Maintenance
Easy
It needs a winter
Native to the mountains of Central Asia, garlic has been grown since antiquity as much for its medicinal reputation as for its flavour.
It is not sown but planted clove by clove, and it is winter cold that triggers the bulb to divide into a full head.
"Garlic repays in summer the cold it was given in winter."
01
Styling Tip 01
Full sun
Choose the sunniest, best-drained bed in the garden, with no shade falling on it.
02
Styling Tip 02
Sparse watering
It fears excess water more than drought: water sparingly, and never in the month before harvest.
03
Styling Tip 03
Autumn planting
Plant cloves point upward in October or November: without a cold period they will not form a head.
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Origin
Mediterranean
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering