Those brown-to-black rings on your potato leaves, each one growing a darker outer edge and a paler center, aren’t random rot.

Turban garlic is the earliest type in the ground to send up a scape and the earliest to finish, and Uzbekistan garlic follows that script with a…

Sicilian Artichoke garlic is a softneck, white-skinned artichoke type built for regions where winter doesn’t bite hard.

Siberian garlic is a hardneck Purple Stripe type, prized for a clean, medium-to-strong flavor without the sharp bite some strong garlics carry.

Italian Late Garlic goes into the ground in fall, like every true garlic, but its softneck habit makes it one of the safer bets where winter barely bites.

German Extra Hardy garlic is a hardneck, a stiffneck type with classic garlic flavor and 5 to 8 large cloves per head.

Elephant garlic isn’t garlic at all. It’s Allium ampeloprasum, the same species as leeks, not Allium sativum, the plant that gives us true garlic.

Early Red Italian Garlic is a softneck Artichoke type, and that single fact answers the planting question before any calendar does: it wants a fall…