The garlic family which includes onions, leeks, chives and more. The entire plant is edible. You can plant the seeds but they usually take up to 100 days or more from seed to â¦ bulb.The easiest way is to by the bulbs and break it into cloves which you can plant.They will give you each a bulb.If a garlic bulb has 20 cloves in it you could have 20 bulbs by the end of the season.he entire plant is edible. You can plant the seeds but they usually take up to 100 days or more from seed to â¦ bulb. The easiest way is to by the bulbs and break it into cloves which you can plant. They will give you each a bulb. If a garlic bulb has 20 cloves in it you could have 20 bulbs by the end of the season.