Botanical Name | Matthiola incana |
Family | Brassicaceae |
Genus | Matthiola |
Specie | incana |
Local Name in Urdu | |
Common Name | Stock |
Life Cycle | Annuals |
Cultivar Name | |
Category(Bush/Vine/Tree) | flower plant |
Height | 12-18 in. |
Spacing | 9-12 in |
Flowering Months | Spring |
Flower Color | Pink Rose/Mauve Blue-Violet Violet/Lavender Purple White/Near White |
Growing Areas | All Pakistan |
Frost Tender | yes |
Exposure | full sun |
Soil pH | tolerant |
Propagation | by seeds |
Uses | fragrant ornamental plant.Flowers are good for cutting Suitable for growing in containers |
Other Details | Compact, bushy and easy to raise plants with a glorious fragrance which are ideal for bedding or for growing in drifts in the border. The large, showy richly fragrant flower spikes come in a fine mixture of colours including crimson, scarlet, rose, pink, purple, lavender and white.Eminently suitable for cutting, a fragrant bed of stocks in the garden makes spring and early summer delightful. There is very little to match stocks for their fragrance, flower displays and ease of growing.The plants need a position in full sun with moist well-drained soil, they will benefit from a light dressing of lime. The taller species will need staking and should be sited in a protected position where they will be sheltered from wind. Where winter rainfall is heavy, plant in raised beds for good drainage. |
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Re: Matthiola incana(Garden Stock)
Taller variety of stock does not benefit from deadheading. They will only send one inflorescence stalk, therefore if pinched, they may fail to flower at all. Do not pinch..
They can be planted at a distance of 6 inches and very nice tolerate close planting.
Stocks are frost hardy.
Smaller height species(I am not aware of cultivar name) respond well to deadheading/Pinching.
They can be planted at a distance of 6 inches and very nice tolerate close planting.
Stocks are frost hardy.
Smaller height species(I am not aware of cultivar name) respond well to deadheading/Pinching.