Creole Group

Rojo del Pais Baza

Spanish Roja cloves and base plate that shows how the cloves were arranged.

The standard layout for Dynamite Purple cloves

Ail de Pays du Ger at 10 weeks

Ail de Pays du Ger clove layout.

Ail de Pays du Ger with the red cloves showing through the white skin.

Dynamite Purple plant

Dynamite Purple scape

Flavour	Spicey, hot and rich.
Storage	Long
Growing location	Tasmania to Nothern NSW. South Australia and Southern WA.
Growing requirements	Hot, dry climates. Do not like warm humidity.
Planting and harvest	Mid season to late season

Shape	Smaller, globe shaped usually symmetrical bulbs.
Skin colour and texture	Strong, glossy white sometimes with purple hue, but no striping or blotching.

Number and layout	8 to 12 in one or two layers
Size and shape	Tall slender cloves with sharply angled inner edge.
Skin colour and texture	Bright red, burgundy, purple, bronze some with cream shading and striping. Occasionally pale pink or even white with pink top and bottom. Tight skins, hard to peel, easier after storage.

Size and shape	Small to medium in height.
Leaves	Narrow, blue-green, quite vertical. Often only 6 leaves but may be 8-10.
Young plants	Slender and upright.
Matures	Usually mid to late maturing
Scape	Although scapes classed as weakly bolting, stronger than others. Upside down U, some curl more. Remove scapes or they will adversely affect bulb size.
Umbel and beak	Long, slender, small umbel. Medium length beak.
Bulbils and flowers	Small to medium bulbils, usually more than 30, pale pink to purple skins. No or few flowers.