A northwest heirloom brought to Washington States Columbia Basin from Italy by the Lorz family before the 1900's. This garlic is well adapted to summer heat, harvests mid-season and stores 6-8 months.
Grown in our trademarked Barefoot Soil Earthworm Castings a WSDA Organic Food Program Registered Material from which it derives its flavor and exceptionally large size.
This medium-large Italian artichoke garlic is unusual in several ways: color, taste, size and storability. Lorz has more purple in the bulb wrappers than one usually sees in artichoke, and the semi-thick wrappers peel easily away revealing large cream colored cloves with elongated tips and only the faintest hint of purple. Our Lorz Italian garlic averages 7-10 large fat cloves in the outer clove layer with cloves typically 1 inch wide and 1 inch deep. It is not unusual for cloves to be 1.5-2 inches wide! There are usually 2 clove layers with no small internal cloves with bulb sizes up to 4 inches in diameter. It harvests in mid-season and stores very well through the winter.
Details:
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| Foliage: | | Green |
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| Fruit: | | Large bulbs with large cloves |
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| Lifecycle: | | 2 (0: N/A, 1: annual, 2: perennial, 3: biennial) |
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| Height: | | 3' |
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| Diameter: | | 4 |
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| Heirloom: | | yes |
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| Container Planting: | | yes |
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Cultural Requirements:
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| Spacing: | | 5-8 |
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| Sun: | | Full |
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| Water: | | 1 |
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