Amaryllidaceae
Garlic
Allium sativum
Also known as Allium scorodoprasum var. viviparum, Allium sativum, Allium sativum var. subrotundum, Allium sativum subsp. asiae-mediae
Edibles & Herbs · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Garlic · Edible · Culinary Herb · Bulb · Allium · Medicinal · Vegetable Garden · Easy Grow · Companion Planting · Kitchen Garden
Garlic is an easy-to-grow bulb that prefers full sun and well-drained, fertile soil. Plant cloves in autumn for a summer harvest, water regularly during active growth, and cut back watering once the leaves begin to yellow. Harvest when the lower leaves brown and allow bulbs to cure in a dry, ventilated space before storing.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 7 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but never waterlogged; reduce watering as bulbs mature · Every 7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- -50°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Clove, Seed
Hardiness
USDA 1a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 4 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Purple
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Amur, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda, aspca
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