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Celeriac Variety Selector: Which One For Your Garden
Every recommendation below traces back to our full Celeriac varieties comparison — this page is the fast route to one answer for your specific situation, no clicking through required.
If: A short growing season, I need it to bulk up fast or Season runs long enough, I want strong flavour and good storage → Not sure, just give me the safest all-round choice or I want a non-AGM specialty variety → Not sure, just give me the safest all-round choice or Not sure, just give me the safest all-round choice
AsterixAGM
Named directly as reaching cropping size earlier than the other five, which buys back time against Scotland's season-length problem. The strongest starting point for a short season, especially if sowing slips into March rather than February.
If: Risk of bolting after a cold snap
IbisAGM
The one variety among the six with "bolt hardy" confirmed specifically for it, not just inferred from the general guide, making it the most concretely sourced bolt-resistance pick. The trade-off is timing: it's also the latest of the AGM varieties to be ready, from October rather than September.
If: Season runs long enough, I want strong flavour and good storage → Large roots, crisp white flesh, strong celery-like flavour
PrinzAGM
Ready from September, with large roots, crisp white flesh and a strong celery-like flavour. The general growing guide describes it as resistant to leaf disease and bolting, but Prinz's own individual plant page makes no such claim, only pest susceptibilities, so it suits a more sheltered, reliably-timed sowing rather than a marginal one.
If: Season runs long enough, I want strong flavour and good storage → Subtle nutty flavour, good storage
MonarchAGM
Ready from September with a subtle nutty flavour and good storage. Carries no bolt or disease-resistance claim on either page, so it suits a season that genuinely runs long enough rather than a marginal one.
If: I want a non-AGM specialty variety → Flesh that won't discolour once cut, for prepping ahead
Brilliant
No Award of Garden Merit and no documented bolt-resistance claim, a real gap for Scotland. Its real selling point is flesh that doesn't discolour once cut, useful for prepping celeriac for mash or gratin ahead of time.
If: I want a non-AGM specialty variety → A genuine heirloom variety with real history
Giant Prague
No Award of Garden Merit and no documented bolt-resistance claim. A genuine 1871 heirloom for anyone who wants to grow a variety with real history rather than the newest AGM cultivar.
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