One of our Top Sellers. This is beautiful garlic. The bulb size is rather large and these are in high demand.
Rosewood Porcelain Garlic has a large bulb with white skin and 3 to 4 large, fat cloves per bulb. Bulbs are pink-blushed and easy-to-peel. Rosewood is one of the hottest garlic varieties available. Eaten raw, Rosewood will spread garlic fire in your mouth. Cooking disarms this flavorful garlic and reveals a warm, spicy flavor. Rosewood showcases all the glory of a Porcelain garlic and has the heat of a wasabi rocket when raw, and a beautiful buttery flavor when roasted.
Approximately 10 pounds of our Rosewood Garlic equates to 250 cloves. 10 Bulbs/heads have a weight of about 2 pounds. Approximately 20 pounds of our Rosewood Garlic equates to 500 cloves. Keep in mind that each garlic bulb contains 3-7 cloves that are rather large.
Rosewood was introduced to North America in 1984 and came here via the Moldavian Institute for Vegetable Research in Tiraspol, Moldova, which is not far from Ukraine.
During the growing season, the garlic plant is a very good survivor. usually grows tall and healthy and appears to be relatively resistant to most of the diseases that can affect garlic. It is one of those Porcelains that were formerly called Allium Longicuspis and still retains the ability to produce viable flowers, pollen, and seed. If you want to experiment with developing garlic seeds, this one's for you. The plant has lush green leaves and can grow fertile flowers and seed.
GroEat Garlic is shipped beginning in September, depending on the season and the variety. Quantities are limited; order early for best availability. Sorry, not available to Idaho or Canada.
ROSEWOOD (Hardneck, Porcelain)
Rosewood does well in climates with cold winters, and is more tolerant to the wet spring soil and is resistant to common allium diseases. Rosewood produces 4-6 cloves per bulb. Rosewood is a garlic planted in the fall, soon after the first frost and a few weeks before the first hard frost. The seed garlic bulbs should be taken apart into separate cloves not long before planting. Hardneck garlic requires vernalization (exposure to a period of cold temperatures) before or after planting. Plant cloves two inches deep, the pointed side up. Garlic does best with a loose soil with very good drainage and a pH of 7.0 optimum. Plant in an area with full sun exposure.