Creole

  While Creoles are a subgroup of the Silverskin variety, they have certain similarities with Purple Stripe garlics, including vivid clove colors, tallish cloves with elongated tips, and numerous tiny bulbils. They differ in that flower stalks are very short and weak. While bulb wrappers are usually off white, the cloves are a striking solid red or purple. Creoles do best in southern latitudes. They will survive in northern climates, but produce only medium to large size bulbs. They have an initially sweet flavor accompanied with a heat that builds in intensity.