Sicilian Gold garlic bulbs

Recent changes in the understanding of the relationships between different garlics has led to there being five more varieties than there were when this website was first set up. This page  features the softneck garlic varieties which belong to the sub-species Allium sativum sativum. There are two varieties of softneck, Artichoke and Silverskin. Garlics that were sold to us as Artichokes or that are so similar to these that we are sure they are Artichokes have been so labeled. We also have several small softnecks which we presume are silverskins because they are unlike our model Artichokes; however, we don't know as they arrived unclassified and so we have just called them small softneck garlics.

The small softnecks are all excellent keepers. The large Artichoke softnecks may be difficult to cure without opening the wrappers at the top to let the moisture out.

The weakly bolting harneck varieties Asiatic, Creole and Turban (sub-species Allium sativum ophioscorodon), which sometimes appear with soft necks (no scape), have their own web page.

For more discussion of garlic varieties see the introduction on our garlic varieties page and the article on the Garlic Family Tree by Bob Anderson of the Gourmet Garlic Gardens. 

Softneck Varieties of Seed Garlics - these are the strains we grew in 2019