Garlic 'Garcua'

Garlic 'Garcua'Garcua is an easy to grow garlic variety that produces a plentiful yield of large, globe shaped, soft neck garlic bulbs in summer. Boasting well formed, creamy white cloves, these bulbs have a strong flavour that enriches culinary dishes. Once harvested, Garcua stores well and can be kept for up to a year before use. Choose a sunny spot in well drained, fertile soil and plant the bulbs around 3cm deep, leaving 10cm between plants. Garcua is a hardy

pink flowers that flower in such a large manner that they obscure the plants' green foliage below

March to April

borders and containers all season long

so choose a sheltered location in full sun

It requires minimal care

allowing them to have the strength and power to hold down many individual items

and you choose to place them in dappled shade

the flowers are followed by purplish black berries that provide additional colour late in the year

The Geranium pratense ‘Cloud Nine’ is hardy and will thrive in most soil types

Blue-green foliage complements the flowers

These shade-loving plants produce slender stems of flowers that are loved by bees and butterflies

The name stems from the Latin word Pyrus which means ‘pear’