They are easily grown in southern climates and are much more tolerant of adverse weather conditions than most garlics. Porcelain Garlics - Picture to be Posted Soon. Their bulb wrappers tend to be very thick, luxuriant and parchment-like and tightly cover their few, but large, cloves. The outer bulb wrappers are often very white and tend to some purple striping as you peel away the wrappers. Their appearance tempts one to wonder whether they were sculpted by some great artist rather than something grown in the ground.
Porcelains are generally strong tasting garlics with a few exceptions and store well, if grown well.
In our experience, if adverse weather occurs during the growing season, storability is drastically shortened, especially if there's drought following by an early, hot spring. Clove covers tend to be somewhat longish and a golden brown color with distinctive vertical, purplish streaks. Rocambole Garlics - Picture to be Posted Soon. Rocambole garlics tend to have thinner bulb wrappers than other ophios and lots of purple striping and splotches. They are not as white as other ophios and seem to have a brownish cast to them, in fact, some of them almost look as though they need a bath.