Garlic
Allium sativum · Onion family
Plant portrait
Flat leaves emerge above a bulb divided into cloves.
Harvested part
The bulb and its cloves.
What to watch for
Watch the leaves and the swelling at their base; most of the bulb stays hidden.
Growth stages of the garlic
Plotilo illustrates the garlic in 5 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
Same botanical family as the garlic (the onion family): the leek, the onion, the elephant garlic, the wild garlic, the chives, the shallot and 2 more plants from the catalogue. Gardeners usually avoid growing the same family in the same spot several years in a row: that is the idea behind crop rotation.