Planting garlic with tulips to keep rodents away

I just heard a tip to plant garlic in the hole when you plant tulips to keep rodents away. Does anybody do this? Do you plant it as deep as the tulips? Or more shallow so it will actually grow? I heard just one clove of garlic for every 5 or so tulips, is that enough?

Plant a few Fritillaria Imperialis and that will keep them away.

Yes, Fritillaria is good too PLUS they look like they're from another planet! They always get people to ask "What are THOSE?!"

would other Fritillaria species work also or just imperialis?

Maybe also the Fritillaria Persica, but have never heard of that. I do know the Imperialis works.

thanks

cindyeo: I, too, had heard that planting garlic keeps the rodents away, so I planted some around my roses. The gophers didn't touch the garlic - but they ate my roses out from between my rings of garlic - arrrgh! So maybe garlic only works for above-ground rodents? Or maybe garlic plants repel deer?

Hope you don't mind me butting in.....
Here are a few things i've either read or learned for my self.

They don't like cayenne powder or black pepper...also do not eat allium, camassia, Crocus tommasinianus, fritillaria, galanthus, Spanish bluebells, hyacinths, leucojum, muscari, narcissus, ornithogalum, oxalis and scilla because the bulbs are bitter.

I don't know about the others that are listed, but many alliums are edible (by people) . While I wouldn't classify these particular ones as bitter, other qualities they possess might do the same job. Garlic, scallions, leeks, shallots and onions are alliums. And many wild species are tasty too. I can personally vouch for A. stellatum, A. cernuum and A. tricoccum.

someone on another thread said to break up castor beans and put them in with whatever you are planting.