Allium sativum 'Rhapsody Wight'
A large, rounded, high quality hardneck French garlic with ivory coloured bulbs with blue-purple stripes and a sweet, delicate flavour. Plant in autumn to winter for harvesting in July. Keeps well until February if stored in cool, dry conditions. This variety is said to be the oldest in France
0.1-0.5 metres
0.1-0.5 metres
Garlic grows best in a sunny, sheltered spot with fertile, well-drained soil. If you have heavy soil try growing your garlic in a raised bed or container. To produce good quality bulbs garlic needs a period of cold, so it’s best planted in late autumn or early winter. Divide each bulb into individual cloves and space the cloves 15cm apart, with the tip 2.5cm below the soil surface. Space rows 30cm apart. Harvest from early summer once the leaves have turned yellow. See garlic cultivation, and our video Grow your own garlic: planting and choosing varieties, for further advice
Propagate by dividing the bulb into cloves
No pruning required
May be susceptible to allium leaf miner and onion fly
May be susceptible to onion white rot, onion downy mildew and leek rust