garlic plant seeds Ann Arbor Purple Organic Seed Garlic

garlic plant seeds Ann Arbor Purple Organic Seed Garlic*Local Favorite! This truly beautiful heirloom garlic has purple stripes and has been grown in the Ann Arbor area since the late 80's by many local organic farms including Garden Works Farm, Community Farm of Ann Arbor, and now Nature and Nurture Farm! When properly dried & cured, this unusual rocambole has been known to last over a year in storage! Mike (owner at N&N Seeds) remembers growing this awesome variety as a college student in the early

*Local Favorite!

This truly beautiful heirloom garlic has purple stripes and has been grown in the Ann Arbor area since the late 80's by many local organic farms including Garden Works Farm, Community Farm of Ann Arbor, and now Nature and Nurture Farm! When properly dried & cured, this unusual rocambole has been known to last over a year in storage!

Mike (owner at N&N Seeds) remembers growing this awesome variety as a college student in the early 1990's and fell in love with it for it's robust growth, good storage qualities and good flavor. Mike and Erica grew it in local gardens for many years but eventually lost their seed stock due to virus infection. 

Mike began his search to track it down. Luckily it was hiding in plain sight! Chris Good, who worked at Garden Works for 15 years and grew it in his own home garden, joined our team in 2025 and provided us with excellent quality seed stock. Thanks to Chris, we are bringing this local favorite back to you! 

We learned about the history of Ann Arbor Purple from Rob MacKercher who took over Garden Works farm in the 1990's. He told us that Horace (original owner of Garden Works Farm) went to a New York garlic festival sometime in the 1980s and brought back this rocambole variety that had a great taste and good reputation. Rob grew it until around 2014 and no one else has grown it at scale until now.

Since we don't know the real name of this garlic and so many local farms have grown it we are renaming it Ann Arbor Purple.

Type: Hardneck (Rocambole) Zones 3-7

Bulb Sizes (diameter in inches): Large= 2-2.5", Medium=1.75-2", Small/Culinary= 1.5-1.75"

Garlic is Shipped Mid August - November while supplies last!

Due to shipping restrictions, garlic cannot be shipped to the following states & regions: CA, CO, GA, ID, KS, MT, NV, OR, WA, HI, Armed Forces, non-continental states (except Alaska) & territories, Canada, & International.

Garlic is excluded from free shipping over $50 offer. Free shipping for orders over $150 if garlic is included in the order.