Seed Saving Circle 2026

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Garlic Flöha does originate in Flöha in the East of Germany not far from the Czech/Polish border, but it is not available in Germany!  It was taken to Canada and came back from there.  It is however preserved in the Gatersleben seed bank.  From where Vreeken Zaden got it.  And made it commercially available in the Netherlands.  They write: 

"One of the newer Porcelain varieties in our assortment. Floha originates from the former East Germany. This one was carefully preserved by the gene bank IPG Gatersleben Germany under number ALL264. You can expect a medium-sized bulb with an average of 6 cloves per bulb. The yield increases during warm and sunny summers. In the kitchen, this is a versatile garlic: not too spicy but with a long aftertaste...

How delicious can also be beautiful... (or vice versa). This tasty member of the garlic family grows with one or more curls in the stem and is (therefore) particularly decorative. Spiral garlic is called hardneck garlic in English and is generally more robust in flavor than the so-called softneck varieties.

https://www.vreeken.nl/products/306255-1?_pos=1&_psq=fl%C3%B6ha&_psid=6ace16e9c&_ss=e