Common names:
Softneck Garlic
Garlic

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 2
Inflorescence Type: Compound
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Culinary Herb
Good as a cover crop
Suitable for forage
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
S (Sulfur)
B (Boron)
Mo (Molybdenum)
Co (Cobalt)
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Propagation: Other methods: Corms
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Birds
Conservation status: Endangered (EN)

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