Garlic is a perennial, frost-hardy bulbous plant that is cultivated as an annual or biennial. There are two different subspecies to distinguish. Hardneck (Allium sativum var. ophioscorodon) is the name given to garlic that forms a very hard stem in the middle with the cloves on the outside. This is also the "original garlic" from which the various varieties of today were bred. It is also sometimes known as winter garlic because it is very cold tolerant and is planted in the fall. It also needs the cold stimulus to go into mock bloom. It forms a bud at the end of the flower spike in which no seeds grow, but small incubating bulbs do. The shelf life is lower at about 4 to 6 months, but hardneck garlic is particularly aromatic and very diverse in flavor. Softneck garlic (Allium sativum L. var. sativum), on the other hand, only develops foliage and therefore has no hard stem in the middle. It is set in spring and also tends to be planted in warmer areas.  Softneck garlic is somewhat milder in flavor and has a shelf life of about 10 to 12 months.

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