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Spanish Roja seed garlic

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Spanish Roja is an heirloom rocambole hardneck that reached the Portland, Oregon area over a century ago under the name "Greek" or "Greek Blue". It has 8–9 cloves under thin purple-brown wrappers, and a very strong, hot, lasting flavour.

It grows well in cold winters and poorly in warm ones, which makes it a natural fit for New England. The trade-off is storage: eat it through the fall and early winter.

Plant cloves in Massachusetts from mid-October to early November; see our garlic planting guide.

Part of our Hardneck seed garlic for New England. Also: Georgian Crystal seed garlic · Siberian seed garlic · Purple Glazer seed garlic · Metechi seed garlic · Inchelium Red seed garlic · Killarney Red seed garlic · Music seed garlic · German White seed garlic · Chesnok Red seed garlic · Russian Red seed garlic.