If you can find a local grower, you should be able to get a variety that will grow for you. If you live where it gets cold, you want a hardneck variety. Hardneck means there is a stem that goes down through the center of the bulb. Almost all of the garlic in the stores around me are the less hardy soft neck types.

Check with gardening friends, farmers markets, or garden supply stores to see what you can find.

Good luck and happy growing!