I grow two kinds of garlic, or I should say, of all the kinds of
garlic I have bought to plant over the years, two persist.

One is a genuine garlic, with snaky stems and heads of bulbils.

The other, I think, is a type of leek. It has sharp-edged hard
bulbils attached to the big bulb by white "threads". Some of these
break off and remain in the soil, so I have it growing forever
wherever I have planted it. I have begun digging it as I normally do
at this time, as the leaves are dry. It is also in flower - a ball of
pale pink flowers - and it suddenly occurred to me that perhaps it
would produce seeds. I don't know how long would be needed for this.
I wouldn't want to leave the bulbs in the ground until the rains
start, as they might not keep till next summer if they don't dry off
properly.

Does anyone else leave theirs to go to seed, and does it take very
long for it to ripen?