Do you mean German white or German red? They are different varieties. German white is a porcelain with very large bulbs and strong flavor. German red is a rocambole with full rich flavor, not as 'sharp' as a porcelain.

I grew both Chesnok red and German white this year, and they are both good strong garlics. Yes you can plant them now, or you could wait a bit. See the thread on this forum 'Is there any problem with planting garlic in August?' (link below)

Here is a link that might be useful: msg082110371046

Thank you. I want to make sure I'm getting very strong flavored garlic. I know Chesnok red produces relatively smaller cloves, but taste matters the most.

One thing I'm finding it that 1 pound of garlic is really not that much so I do plan on letting these guys waste 15% of their eventual bulb size to produce scapes. I plan on planting over 2000 cloves of garlic, and so far only have around 900 in the ground of all hardneck species. I guess I'll have to make a majority of my garlic the softneck species which I have always had in abundance.