"top setters" (flower stalks) which produces the scape which distinguish this garlic from the softnecks. this is why some people call them topsetters or serpent garlics These will produce a single circle of cloves around a central woody stalk. Some may have 6-10 peeling cloves. Some have a short storage 'life.' Hope this helps. I have growing garlic for over 10 years and harvest some scapes but save the 'seeds' of the top setters. Judy

Sorry, don't have any softnecks, but we plant a hardneck named German Giant. It's good for scapes and great bulbs too.

I grow the same stuff year after year that came from grocery store garlic. Hardneck and try to cut the scapes off and use them in cooking throughout the year. I keep a bag of scapes in the freezer.