Silver Rose Garlic
Allium sativum 'Silver Rose'
Height: 24 inches
Spacing: 6 inches
Sunlight:
Hardiness Zone: (annual)
Group/Class: Softneck Garlic
Description:
A fast growing variety that presents medium sized heads of garlic with silvery skin and rose colored cloves; averages 16 cloves per head; rich and flavorful without much of the pungency, perfect for sauces, dressings or roasting; braids easily for storage
Edible Qualities
Silver Rose Garlic is an annual vegetable plant that is typically grown for its edible qualities, although it does have ornamental merits as well. It produces white round tubers with a pink blush which are harvested from late summer to mid fall. The tubers have a mild taste and a distinctive fragrance.
The tubers are most often used in the following ways:
- Fresh Eating
- Eating When Cooked/Prepared
- Cooking
- Baking
- Pickling
Planting & Growing
Silver Rose Garlic will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 inches. When planted in rows, individual plants should be spaced approximately 6 inches apart. This fast-growing vegetable plant is an annual, which means that it will grow for one season in your garden and then die after producing a crop.
This plant can be integrated into a landscape or flower garden by creative gardeners, but is usually grown in a designated vegetable garden. It should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Silver Rose Garlic is a good choice for the vegetable garden, but it is also well-suited for use in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
