All varieties
Purple Stripe garlic
The best for roasting.
Good for fast peeling, roasting whole heads, raw heat and most plants per pound of seed.
By winter
- Frozen hard for weeks. Made for hard winters.
- Frost, then thaw, repeatedly. Grows well where frost comes and goes.
- Rare or brief frost. Not a good fit. Try Artichoke, Silverskin or Creole.
At a glance
- Neck
- Hardneck
- Keeps
- About 6 months
- Cloves per bulb
- 8 to 12, medium, tall and crescent shaped
- Flavor
- Complex and zesty, without a sulfurous edge.
- Peeling
- Almost as easy as Rocambole.
- Braiding
- No
- Harvest
- Late
- Seed per pound
- About 60 plants per pound of seed.
Varieties to order
Chesnok Red
Hardneck · Keeps 5 to 6 months · Mid to late harvest
Order from Filaree Keene Hood River
What each supplier says
- Group
- Purple Stripe (Filaree)
Purple Stripe (Keene)
Purple Stripe (Hood River) - Neck
- hard (Filaree)
hard (Keene)
hard (Hood River) - Cloves per bulb
- 9 to 10 (Filaree)
9 to 12 (Keene)
10 to 12 (Hood River) - Per pound
- 5 to 7 bulbs/lb (Filaree)
6 to 8 bulbs/lb, 72 to 96 cloves/lb (Keene)
50 to 60 cloves/lb (Hood River) - Keeps
- 5 to 6 months (Filaree)
5 to 6 months (Hood River) - Flavor
- Rich, Medium-Hot (Filaree)
Rich and sweet roasted, medium not overpowering (Keene)
Hot (Hood River) - Climate
- Cold winters (Filaree)
Northern and Southern States (Keene)
Zones 1 to 9 (Hood River) - Harvest
- Mid (Filaree)
Late (Hood River)
Persian Star
Hardneck · Keeps 5 to 6 months · Mid harvest
Order from Filaree Keene Hood River
What each supplier says
- Group
- Purple Stripe (Filaree)
Purple Stripe (Keene)
Purple Stripe (Hood River) - Neck
- hard (Filaree)
hard (Keene)
hard (Hood River) - Cloves per bulb
- 8 to 10 (Filaree)
9 to 12 (Keene)
9 to 12 (Hood River) - Per pound
- 6 to 8 bulbs/lb (Filaree)
6 to 8 bulbs/lb, 72 to 96 cloves/lb (Keene)
50 to 60 cloves/lb (Hood River) - Keeps
- 5 to 6 months (Filaree)
6 months (Hood River) - Flavor
- Pleasant, Mild Spice (Filaree)
Medium, not overpowering, good in oil and dressings (Keene)
Hot, zesty, mellows after baking (Hood River) - Climate
- Cold winters (Filaree)
Northern and Southern States (Keene)
Thrives in exceptionally cold winter climates (Hood River) - Harvest
- Mid (Filaree)
Mid (Hood River)
Belarus
Hardneck · Keeps 6 to 8 months · Mid harvest
Order from Filaree
What each supplier says
- Group
- Purple Stripe (Filaree)
- Neck
- hard (Filaree)
- Cloves per bulb
- 5 to 8 (Filaree)
- Per pound
- 5 to 7 bulbs/lb (Filaree)
- Keeps
- 6 to 8 months (Filaree)
- Flavor
- Rich, Complex (Filaree)
- Climate
- Cold winters (Filaree)
- Harvest
- Mid (Filaree)
Chrysalis Purple
Hardneck
Order from Keene
What each supplier says
- Group
- Purple Stripe (Keene)
- Neck
- hard (Keene)
- Cloves per bulb
- 9 to 12 (Keene)
- Flavor
- Bold, spicy, hint of earthiness (Keene)
- Climate
- Very hardy in most US regions (Keene)
Dunganski
Hardneck · Mid harvest
Order from Keene
What each supplier says
- Group
- Purple Stripe (Keene)
- Neck
- hard (Keene)
- Cloves per bulb
- 9 to 12 (Keene)
- Flavor
- Sweet, zesty, nutty roasted (Keene)
- Climate
- Northern and especially Southern States (Keene)
- Harvest
- Mid (Keene)
Jachlo
Hardneck
Order from Hood River
What each supplier says
- Group
- Purple Stripe (Hood River)
- Neck
- hard (Hood River)
- Cloves per bulb
- 8 to 10 (Hood River)
- Flavor
- Hot, spicy especially raw (Hood River)
- Scapes
- Yes (Hood River)
Kisklyk
Hardneck · Keeps 7 to 8 months · Late harvest
Order from Hood River
What each supplier says
- Group
- Purple Stripe (Hood River)
- Neck
- hard (Hood River)
- Cloves per bulb
- 10 to 12 (Hood River)
- Per pound
- 50 to 60 cloves/lb (Hood River)
- Keeps
- 7 to 8 months (Hood River)
- Flavor
- Hot, complex (Hood River)
- Climate
- Zones 1 to 9 (Hood River)
- Harvest
- Late (Hood River)
Pehoski Purple
Hardneck · Keeps 9 months or more
Order from Keene
What each supplier says
- Group
- Purple Stripe (Keene)
- Neck
- hard (Keene)
- Cloves per bulb
- 8 to 10 (Keene)
- Per pound
- 6 to 8 bulbs/lb, 48 to 80 cloves/lb (Keene)
- Keeps
- 9+ months (Keene)
- Flavor
- Intense raw, earthy roasted (Keene)
- Climate
- Zones 3 to 4 (Keene)
Red Grain
Hardneck
Order from Keene
What each supplier says
- Group
- Purple Stripe (Keene)
- Neck
- hard (Keene)
- Cloves per bulb
- 9 to 12 (Keene)
- Per pound
- 6 to 8 bulbs/lb, 72 to 96 cloves/lb (Keene)
- Flavor
- Spicy zing, rich and sweet roasted (Keene)
- Climate
- Northern and Southern States (Keene)
Shatili
Hardneck · Keeps 5 to 6 months · Mid harvest
Order from Filaree
What each supplier says
- Group
- Purple Stripe (Filaree)
- Neck
- hard (Filaree)
- Cloves per bulb
- 8 to 10 (Filaree)
- Per pound
- 6 to 8 bulbs/lb (Filaree)
- Keeps
- 5 to 6 months (Filaree)
- Flavor
- Rich, Medium-Hot (Filaree)
- Climate
- Cold winters (Filaree)
- Harvest
- Mid (Filaree)
Vietnamese Red
Hardneck · Mid harvest
Order from Keene
What each supplier says
- Group
- Purple Stripe (Keene)
- Neck
- hard (Keene)
- Cloves per bulb
- 9 to 12 (Keene)
- Per pound
- 6 to 8 bulbs/lb, 72 to 96 cloves/lb (Keene)
- Flavor
- Mild spice, creamy sweet, smooth buttery texture (Keene)
- Climate
- Northern and Southern States (Keene)
- Harvest
- Mid (Keene)
What the catalogs say
The roasting group. Filaree records Purple Stripes winning best baked garlic in taste tests run by Rodale, Sunset and Martha Stewart, with Chesnok Red the strain usually named. Stores about a month longer than Rocambole and peels almost as well. Boundary notes its standard strains like hot summers to size up well. Genetically differentiated in the USDA study. Varieties include Chesnok Red, Persian Star, Dunganski, Shatili.