Giant bulbs spring47autumn planting hardneck varietyelephant garlic is really a stem leek rather than a true garlic but producing massive bulbs approximately 10cm 4043441 in diameter the large cloves have a milder taste than conventional garlic making it suitable for a wide choice of culinary uses tyr roasting elephant garlic and spreading on to crusty bread or add the cloves to mashed potato available for spring or autumn planting height 90cm 40353441 spread 20cm