Standard Purple Stripe Group

Standard Purple Stripe

Bulb and cloves

Standard Purple Stripe

Dunganski plant at 5.5 months

Dunganski umbel showing the flowers with the bulbils tucked in at the base.

Dunganski scape

Dunganski bulbils

Standard Purple Stripe

Dunganski flowers with purple anthers which suggests these flowers may be fertile

Dunganski umbel with flowers and bulbils tucked in at the base

Hardneck – Strongly Bolting

Ancestors and antecedents of all other garlic cultivars. Genetically diverse, some produce seed. There are about a dozen named cultivars in the Standard Purple Stripe Group with around half a dozen grown in quantity commercially around the world. Whilst a few different Standard Purple Stripe cultivars have been brought into Australia in the past, Dunganski appears to be the only one currently grown in any quantity. There are several Turban cultivars with Purple Stripe in the name but these are not Standard Purple Stripes.

General Information

Flavour	Rich, strong, fusion of different flavours. Often a nutty flavour when cooked.
Storage	Medium to long.
Growing location	Tasmania, also Victoria, Southern NSW in higher cooler regions.
Growing requirements	Cooler climates are best, but may do well for a year or two in warmer more humid regions before reducing in size.
Planting and harvest	Mid to late

Bulb

Shape	Round globe, symmetrical, can be quite large.
Skin colour and texture	White with vivid to muted purple/pink colouring and striping.

Clove

Number and layout	8-12 in one layer. Larger bulbs may have second layer with second skin.
Size and shape	Crescent shaped, tall slender pointed elongated tips.
Skin colour and texture	Purple-bronze-brown often with purple striping. Hard to peel but get easier with storage.

Plant

Size and shape	Tall, robust 1.5-1.9m with uncurled scape.
Leaves	Dark green, medium width, widely spaced, grow at wide angle to stem and stay very straight. Don't flop.
Young plants	Grow in a distinctive spiral shape that disappears as the plant matures.
Matures	Late growing and late maturing.
Scape	Thick, strong, developes early in growth cycle. Usually ¾ (270°) turn, then straightens. Remove scape for large bulb.
Umbel and beak	Plump and round with medium to long beak. Yellow spathe.
Bulbils and flowers	Very numerous tiny to small bulbils, 100-200 purple. Flowers numerous, pink-purple, may produce seed.