Hardneck Garlic
Have scapes, bigger cloves, peel easily, more flavourful, cloves from around hard stem, better in colder climates, 4-6 months storage.
Bogatyr: Marbled purple stripe garlic, 5 to 7 massive cloves per bulb store well into the winter.
Duganski: Large bulbs with a strong flavour, and purple cloves.
German White: Covered in bright, ivory white paper skins, offers strong garlic flavour.
German Red: Produces medium bulbs, with a strong spicy flavour and red medium cloves.
Legacy: Has a rich, full flavour with a fair amount of heat that mellows with long curing and in storage.
Mexican Purple: This variety is hot and spicy but becomes milder when it is baked or roasted.
Metechi: Hot and spicy purple striped, easy to grow, 5-6 large cloves per bulb.
Music: Fine flavour with medium strength, usually has eight large cloves.
Russian Purple: Marbled striped garlic, mellow flavoured that tastes great raw or roasted.
Russian Red: Spicy when eaten raw, but mellows when cooked with a richly complex garlic flavour.
Spanish Roja: Pure garlic flavour that is accompanied by mild heat in large, firm cloves and bulbs
Siberian: Large bulbs with a pungent, hot but not overwhelming spicy flavour.
Softneck Garlic
Last well in storage, braided, more cloves/bulb (keeps up to 9-12 months to 1 year)
Regular White (Mesadore): Mildly flavoured, 9 to 24 medium cloves per bulb