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New! - March 18, 2010 - We are now accepting early pre-paid online orders for sampler assortments for fall shipment.
Click here to buy sampler assortments.

NEW! - March 18, 2010 - We now include an online garlic gardeners market where you buy direct from each market gardener - just like at your local farmers market.

Click Here to order bulk Garlics direct from the growers -

- Scroll down for a listing of garlics by varietal type. -


Updated March 18, 2010.

If You are Looking For a Particular Cultivar, We May Have Varieties Available that are not Listed Here. E-Mail bob@web-access.net


Picture of left half of garlic necklace Picture of several varieties of garlic Picture of right half of garlic necklace

Find out who your friends really are, eat garlic!

This year, 2010, all orders for bulk garlic (all the same kind of garlic) must be placed direct with individual market gardeners.
A separate order must be placed with each grower.
You must check out your order from one grower before buying from a different grower.

Click Here to order Sampler Assortments of Garlics -

Click Here to order bulk Garlics sorted by taste/flavor -

Click Here to order bulk Garlics by varietal type -

Click Here to order bulk Garlics direct from the growers -


Important notes for credit/debit card users:

This Gardener's marketplace is like your local farmer's market.

When using your credit/debit card to buy direct from different gardeners, a separate order is required for each gardener. You may buy as many different kinds of garlic as you want from any gardener on any order but each grower requires a separate order. If you want to order garlic from more than one grower, a separate order must be placed with each gardener.

If you buy from a gardener and later cancel that order and buy from a different gardener, the credit card processing gateway still charges Gourmet Garlic Gardens the full processing fee plus an additional fee for processing the cancellation and also it places an additional clerical burden on us so, regrettably, we must charge a 10% cancellation fee when processing the cancellation because that's about what it costs us. My advice is to look around among the various market gardeners and decide what to buy from whom and then place your orders and stick with the gardeners you have chosen.

If you would like to try a little garlic from several different gardeners, you can order a sampler assortment and request particular garlics from specific growers. Click here to check out our sampler Assortments.

Our secure shopping cart/card processing gateway charges all cards at the time of the sale and we can't change that. That's good for our customers because the earliest paid orders get the best selection. The last few years there have been shortages caused by weather-related crop failures all over the country and sometimes only the early orders got filled. Early payment gives you your best opportunity to get the best bulbs of the varieties you want.

Pre-paying your order early does not guarantee a grower will have the garlic you have asked but it does assure you an early place in line if there is any of the garlic you ordered. Sometimes unforseeable things happen and we can't get a garlic you have ordered, then we will let you choose between a substitute or a refund.

If you find this unworkable for you, you can wait until late summer/early fall to place your order for immediate shipping and you will probably get what you want anyway but a lot of people will have picked ahead of you. You can also use the secure shopping cart to print out a mail order or a telephone order.
Once you place an order with us the system will remember your name, address, etc. so you won't have to re-type it when you place future orders.

I receive a copy of all telephone and mail orders the shopping cart prints for customers.

Getting the garlics you want can be an uncertain thing and we try to improve your odds of getting what you want.


You must settle up your order (check out) from one grower before buying from a different grower - just like at your neighborhood farmers market.

We sell only superior garlic and will not knowingly sell garlic that does not meet our high standards of quality. If I would not want to buy it for my own seed stock, I will not sell it to others. We wish to carry on our reputation for quality, not quantity.

The varieties listed below are representative of what we usually have available during the season. Actually, we will probably have a lot more than these varieties. Please check below to see what is available at any given time. Availability of anything on this page is subject to change without notice, owing to the uncertainties of growing anything.

Click on the name of any garlic below and get a more complete description of it.

Green means we have the garlic in stock,
Blue means we are sold out of this cultivar.

Artichoke Varieties (Softneck)

California Early - The milder of the two garlics developed at Gilroy, CA - very flavorful, excellent raw garlic. - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Applegate - A mild and mellow Artichoke garlic. - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Early Red Italian - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Inchelium Red - Winner of 1989 Organic Gardening taste contest - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Lorz Italian -A Strong, Good-Storing Artichoke (An Heirloom).-- - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Red Toch- Early Harvester with Excellent flavor - Everybody wants Red Toch - very popular lately! - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Siciliano - A richly flavored and warm garlic with a smooth taste from Sicily. - Available only in limited quantity - Ask for it in Sampler Assortments. -


Simoneti - Large and Mild - Sorry, Sold Out for 2009. -


Chet's Italian Red - Will Not be Available in 2009. -

Asiatic Varieties (Hardneck)

Asian Tempest - An Early Harvesting, Very Strong Asiatic of the Turban group- Sorry, Sold Out. -


Korean Red - An Early Harvesting, Very Rich, yet mellow Asiatic hardneck. - Sorry, Sold Out for 2009. -


Russian Redstreak, An Artichoke-like very early harvesting Asiatic garlic - Not Available in 2009. -


Maiskij - Sorry, Not Available in 2009. -


Purple Cauldron - Sorry, Not Available in 2009. -

Silverskin Garlics (Softneck)

Silverwhite A Warm Well-Flavored, Long-Storing Silverskin - Available only in limited quantity - Ask for it in Sampler Assortments. -
- Good to Fair for Warm Winter Areas, but "iffy" in hot, dry years. -


S & H Silverskin A richly flavored yet mild, Long-Storing garlic. - Sorry, Sold Out. - Good to Fair for Warm Winter Areas, but "iffy" in hot, dry years. -


Nootka Rose - Sorry, Sold Out. - Good to Fair for Warm Winter Areas, but "iffy" in hot, dry years. -

Creole Garlics (Hardneck)

Burgundy - A Beautiful mild and mellow Creole garlic. - Available But Only in Sampler Assortments. -


Ajo Rojo - More Zip than your average Creole that tastes as good as it looks. - Available only in limited quantity - Ask for it in Sampler Assortments. -


Creole Red - A full flavored Creole garlic that is mellow but with a little zing. - Available But Only in Sampler Assortments. -


Cuban Purple - A very richly flavored yet very mild Creole garlic - long storing and excellent for raw eating. - Sorry, Not Available in 2009. -


Labera Purple - another Creole that tastes as good as it looks. - Sorry, Not Available in 2009. - -


Pescadero Red - A great tasting hardy Spanish fisherman's Creole garlic that grows well in warm winter areas. - Sorry, Not Available in 2009. -.

Purple Stripe Garlics (Hardneck)

Chesnok Red - Sorry, Sold Out. -



Persian Star - Order Now for immediate shipment. -

The Glazed Group of Purple Stripes (Hardneck)

Purple Glazer- Great warm, flavorful, very purple hardneck - Sorry, Sold Out. -


The Marbled Group of Purple Stripes (Hardneck)

Metechi- Great Bulbs of Fire! - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Bogatyr- Great Bulbs of Fire! - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Siberian- Metechi's Mild-Mannered Twin. - Sorry, Sold Out -


We have no other Marbled Purple Stripe garlics for sale this year but hope to have some more cultivars next year.

Porcelain Garlics (Hardneck)

Georgian Fire - Hot, Strong Porcelain that stores well. - Sorry, Sold Out -


Georgian Crystal - Georgian Fire's Mild-Mannered Twin. - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Romanian Red - Hot, Strong Porcelain that stores well. - Sorry, Sold Out. -


German Stiffneck - Hot, Strong Porcelain that stores well. - Not Available this year. -


Music - Rich, Fairly Strong Porcelain that stores well. - Sorry, Sold Out. -


German White AKA German Extra Hardy - Rich, Strong Porcelain. - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Zemo - Hot, Strong Porcelain that stores well. - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Rosewood - An unusual garlic that actually flowers (it's hot and strong). - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Wild Buff - Another flowering garlic with an attitude - tough and hardy. - Not Presently Available -


Leningrad - Earthy Flavor starts off mild and becomes very hot in 30 seconds. - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Polish Hardneck - Hot, Strong Porcelain that stores well. - Not Available in 2009. -

Rocambole Garlics (Hardneck)

We will have definitely have several different kinds of Rocambole garlics for sale this year. Rocamboles are now a regular part of our inventory of cultivars.

Spanish Roja - Ron England's Favorite. - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Killarney Red - Full, Rich Taste - Grows Well. - Sorry, Sold Out. -
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Our site is always under construction. - This page last updated March 18, 2010.
If you would like to communicate with us, please send email to:
bob@web-access.net

Gourmet Garlic Gardens
12300 FM 1176, Bangs, TX 76823
1 - (325) 348 - 3049 - bob@web-access.net

Our website been visited over two million times by people looking for good garlic
and up to date garlic information since August of 1997.
Thanks one and all.

German Red - Great Classic Strong German Garlic. - Sorry, Sold Out. -
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Polish Carpathian - Garlic that Gives Polish Dills that great Taste. - Sorry, Sold Out for 2009. -


Amish Rocambole - Garlic with a zing. - Sorry, Sold Out. -


Purple Italian Rocambole - A Northern Garlic with rich flavor but not overly hot. - Sorry, Sold Out -


Italian Easy Peel - A rich yet mellow Rocambole Garlic. - Sorry, Sold Out for 2009. -


Korean Red Hot AKA Korean Red Rocambole - rich flavored garlic with a real zing. - Sorry, Sold Out for 2009. -



Elephant Garlic

Harvests early-mid season - stores a year or more.
- Sorry, Sold Out for 2009. -

After ordering, use your back arrow key to return to this point, otherwise the secure shopping cart will return you to our home page.

- Sorry, Sold Out for 2009. -

As you may know, elephant garlic is not a true garlic; it a leek.Many people think of it as garlic so we grow it. It was not easy for me to admit that elephant garlic is not true garlic because it looks and acts so much like garlic and was the very first garlic we grew.When I bought Ron Engeland's book, "Growing Great Garlic", and he described it as a leek, rather than a garlic, I was almost offended and set out to find out for myself whether he was right or not. I taste tested all 10 of those first strains I bought from him and when I finally taste tested the elephant garlic, I suspected instantly that he was right.The following year I bought 25 more strains and taste tested them and I knew for certain that he was right. Taste alone will tell the educated palate that it is not a true garlic, one need not be a botanist. All garlic species are botanically classified as Allium Sativum and elephant garlic is Allium Ampeloprasum, formerly Allium Gigantum.

Large elephant garlic is about twice the size of the largest real garlics or larger and has a milder taste but with a sharp onion-like edge to it and a distinctive aftertaste. They average five monstrously large cloves that are somewhat yellowish compared the milky whiteness of true garlic cloves. It also has far less allicin potential than real garlic but grows extremely clean and disease free and does not seem to be bothered by insects. In our experience, it stores very hard and clean much longer than real garlic (even when separated into individual cloves, it will store about a year at room temp).

Unlike real garlic it produces bottom bulbils called corms that have very hard shells with sharp pointed tops and they store even longer than the bulbs. The corms are attached to the bottoms of the bulbs but grow up their sides and are often incorporated into the bulb wrappers several layers deep. The bulb wrappers on elephant garlic are extremely white and they cure out to be very thin and flaky and are intact only on freshly harvested bulbs. After a few months they seem to evaporate, leaving bare or almost bare bulbs that have a rather rough look but it does not seem to affect their storability much, only their attractiveness.

Elephant garlic is so mild you can take a whole bulb of it and slice the cloves into quarter inch thick steaks, sauté them in butter or olive oil and serve them as a vegetable.

Click Here to learn about Artichoke Garlics

Click Here to learn about Asiatic and Turban Artichoke Garlics

Click Here to learn about Silverskin Garlics

Click Here forto learn about Creole Garlics

Click Here to learn about Purple Stripe Garlics

Click Here to learn about Porcelain Garlics

Click Here to learn about Rocambole Garlics

Click Here to order bulk Garlics sorted by taste/flavor. -

Click Here to order Sampler Assortments of Garlics. -

This year, 2010, all orders for bulk garlic (all the same kind of garlic) must be placed direct with individual market gardeners.
A separate order must be placed with each grower.
You must check out your order from one grower before buying from a different grower.

Important notes for credit/debit card users:

Important notes for credit/debit card users:

This Gardener's marketplace is like your local farmer's market.

When using your credit/debit card to buy direct from different gardeners, a separate order is required for each gardener. You may buy as many different kinds of garlic as you want from any gardener on any order but each grower requires a separate order. If you want to order garlic from more than one grower, a separate order must be placed with each gardener.

If you buy from a gardener and later cancel that order and buy from a different gardener, the credit card processing gateway still charges Gourmet Garlic Gardens the full processing fee plus an additional fee for processing the cancellation and also it places an additional clerical burden on us so, regrettably, we must charge a 10% cancellation fee when processing the cancellation because that's about what it costs us. My advice is to look around among the various market gardeners and decide what to buy from whom and then place your orders and stick with the gardeners you have chosen.

If you would like to try a little garlic from several different gardeners, you can order a sampler assortment and request particular garlics from specific growers. Click here to check out our sampler Assortments.


You must settle up your order (check out) from one grower before buying from a different grower - just like at your neighborhood farmers market.

More To Come...

Click Here to order Sampler Assortments of Garlics. -

Click Here to order bulk Garlics sorted by taste/flavor. -

Click Here to order bulk Garlics direct from the growers -

Click Here to order bulk Garlics direct from the growers -

New - The Complete Book of Garlic is the best, most comprehensive book yet about garlic.

Book cover

The Complete Book of Garlic
by Ted Jordan Meredith

Pic of our Davis Instruments weather center in the garden.


- Added May 30, 2007 - Pictures of our Fabulous wildflowers this spring. -

How Our Garlics are Grown

Some of our growers are Certified Organic and some are Certified Naturally Grown, which we regard as equal to Certified Organic in every meaningful way but without all the bureaucratic rigamarole. All our market gardeners grow organically/sustainably but not all want to be certified and are among the best available sources of sustainable/organic Garlic We do not allow growers who use synthetic petroleum-based fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides or herbacides to participate in our farmers market.

All garlic in our farmers market is grown in the USA, no imports allowed.
This farmers market is strictly for small-scale American market gardeners/growers.




Bob Phillips' Texas Country Reporter did a story on me and the garlic for their long running TV program -
click here to see the 6:28 video on youtube:




Picture of the Garlicmeister playing his Indian flute.

Bob Anderson
Garlicmeister, a self-inflicted title for amusement only.

Photo courtesy of Bill Yeates.


[ Our Home Page ] [ Online Catalog ] [ Garlic Overview ] [ 40 Varieties ] [ Growing Garlic ] [ Cooking with Garlic ] [ Chemistry of Garlic ] [ Garlic Pills & Oils, Etc. ] [ Health Benefits ] [ Links ] [ FAQs ] [ How to Order ]

[ Sampler Assortments ] [ Pickle & Preserve Garlic ] [ Artichoke (Softneck) Garlics ] [ Asiatic Garlics ] [ Creole Garlics ] [ Porcelain Garlics ] [ Purple Stripe Garlics ] [ Rocambole Garlics ] [ Silverskin (Softneck) Garlics ]

[ Bob's Blog ] [ Growing Garlic in the South, CA & TX ] [ Tour our Garlic Garden ] [ Paint Rock Pictographs ] [ Newsletter ] [ Garlic is Life Symposia ] [ Good Growers Wanted ] [ About Us ] [ Spring 2001 ] [ Spring 2007 ]