annual vegetable
California Early softneck garlic
Plant in fall for largest bulbs the following summer.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a-10a
- Sun
- full
- Soil
- loam, sandy
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Vegetables & herbs
Harvest & Use
bulbs harvest in early summer
Useful search phrase: softneck garlic bulbs.
Plant Relationships
Companion High
Carrots and alliums are compact crops that share bed space well and make sense as alternating rows or close neighbors.
Understory Medium
Low alliums and long-blooming flowers can form a simple orchard-edge understory without competing heavily with young trees.