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German Giant is a Rocambole garlic cultivar famed for its size and its deep rich musky, earthy garlic. Just like its name implies, German Giant is a very large garlic variety with an excellent flavor.  It has a rather mild and either flavor but is still very rich and complex. This garlic is off-white, often with deep purple streaks. Each bulb yields approximately 6 – 8 cloves.

German Giant is a Rocambole garlic cultivar famed for its size and its deep rich musky, earthy garlic. Just like its name implies, German Giant is a very large garlic variety with an excellent flavor.  It has a rather mild and either flavor but is still very rich and complex. This garlic is off-white, often with deep purple streaks. Each bulb yields approximately 6 – 8 cloves.

Also known as Allium Sativum Ophioscorodon, Music is a hard neck garlic variety. This large, well-formed Italian porcelain garlic variety was introduced to Canada by Al Music in the 1980s from his homeland of Italy. At first glance, it’s easy to mistake Music garlic for elephant garlic. Music garlic variety typically yields six jumbo cloves per bulb wrapped in a slightly pink outer skin with pure white wrappers over the bulb. The bulbs boast a rich, medium-hot, true-garlic flavor that tends to mellow out to almost sweet when cooked and have a long storage life. Over the years, this garlic variety has grown in popularity mostly due to its robust taste, vigorous growth, and easy-to-peel cloves. Its garlic bulbs are beautifully covered in white wrappers that sit over plump rose-colored cloves. Gardeners love this type of allium for its cold hardiness and ability to survive cold winter months when properly mulched. Its germination rate is excellent, yielding vigorous, tall, dark, and vibrant green plants. Overall, music is a reliable hard neck variety to grow.

Unlike soft neck varieties, hard necks produce a flower-like stalk called a scape. Scapes should be removed to boost proper bulb formation. The best part is that these scapes are quite delicious and can be used like scallions.