German White Extra Hardy Certified Organic Garlic Bulbs

German White Extra Hardy is a porcelain-type hardneck garlic celebrated for its bold, robust gourmet flavor, exceptional cold hardiness, and high allicin content that makes freshly crushed cloves one of the most potently flavored and nutritionally valuable garlics available. The large, easy-to-peel bulbs have creamy white outer paper with distinctive purple-streaked inner wrappers around each clove — beautiful at harvest and visually unmistakable from softneck supermarket varieties. Plant in fall, harvest in mid-summer, and enjoy a spring bonus: the tender scapes that emerge in late spring are a delicacy in their own right. USDA-Certified Organic, cold hardy in Zones 3–9.

Porcelain Hardneck — The Gourmet Garlic Type

Porcelain hardneck garlics like German White are prized by serious cooks for their larger cloves, bolder flavor, and higher allicin content than softneck supermarket varieties. The allicin that develops when garlic is freshly crushed or chopped is responsible for both the distinctive sharp, pungent flavor and the health-supportive compounds that have made garlic one of the most valued culinary and medicinal plants for thousands of years. German White’s moderately spicy, rich flavor is deeply satisfying in raw preparations, roasted whole, and cooked into sauces, soups, and marinades.

A half-pound set of garlic contains approximately 3-4 bulbs. Each bulb contains several cloves for planting. Actual quantity may vary depending on bulb size.

Harvest Scapes in Spring — A Two-Stage Harvest

One of the pleasures of growing hardneck garlic is the spring scape harvest. Scapes are the curling flower stalks that emerge from hardneck garlic plants in late spring — harvest them before they fully unfurl for the most tender, flavorful result. Chopped into stir-fries, blended into scape pesto, or used as a mild garlic substitute in any recipe, they’re a genuine spring delicacy that softneck garlic simply doesn’t produce.

Fall Planting — Mid-Summer Harvest

German White Extra Hardy follows the classic hardneck garlic calendar: plant cloves in fall (typically October–November, timed to your zone), overwinter in the ground, and harvest mid-summer after approximately 225–240 days. The fall-planted timing allows the garlic to establish roots before winter and produces the largest, most flavorful bulbs at the following summer’s harvest.

Why Growers Choose German White Extra Hardy Garlic

• Porcelain hardneck type — large easy-to-peel cloves with bold gourmet flavor
• High allicin content — powerful flavor and nutritional value when freshly crushed
• USDA-Certified Organic — grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers
• Edible scapes in spring — a delicious bonus harvest before the main bulb harvest
• Extra cold hardy — Zones 3–9 — one of the most cold-tolerant garlic varieties available
• Beautiful purple-streaked inner wrappers — striking at harvest and at the table