| Botanical name | Matthiola incana |
|---|---|
| Plant Care |  Full Sun Full Sun – Prefers 6 or more hours of sun per day.  Half Sun Half Sun – Prefers 3 To 6 Hours of Sunlight a Day.  Frost Hardy Frost Hardy – Can Handle frost without damage.  Moderate Watering Moderate Watering – Requires Regular Watering.  High Maintenance High Maintenance – Requires Regular Maintenance.  Non Indigenous Non Indigenous – Exotic to South Africa. |
| Size | |
| Categories | |
| Flowers | Description:This plant bears fragrant densely packed flower spikes in purple, rose, cream and white. |
| Common name(s) | Stocks |
| Origin | |
| Foliage | Description: These plants have delicate, grey-green foliage. |
| Maintenance | Water and feed them regularly. |
| Soil conditions | Prepare the soil with lots of well-rotted manure, general fertilizer and lime as these babies like fertile, moist and well-drained soil. |
| Interesting info | They should flower 10–16 weeks after germination. Generally, dark green seedlings produce single flowers and can be discarded when thinning. |
| Possible problems | They should not be grown in a bed where they have been previously grown. |
| Common pests and diseases | Susceptible to aphids, spider mites, white fly, leaf spot and powdery mildew. |
| Other languages | Vilet (A) |
| When to sow | |
| Seed sowing instructions | Sow seeds directly or in trays and space seedlings 350mm apart. Handle young seedlings by their leaves, not the stems which are very weak. |
Matthiola incana (Stocks)
- Botanical name: Matthiola incana
- Common name(s): Stocks
- Categories: Annuals
Plant description:
These plants have delicate, grey-green foliage with densely packed flower spikes in purple, rose, cream and white, but these fragrant annuals are not easy to grow. Do not grow them in a bed where they have been previously grown. Prepare the soil with lots of well-rotted manure, general fertilizer and lime. Sow seed in late summer or autumn, directly or in trays. Space seedlings 350mm apart. Handle young seedlings by their leaves, not the stems, which are very weak. Ten-week-old stocks are the most popular for bedding. Once they are planted, water and feed them regularly. They should flower 10–16 weeks after germination. Generally, dark green seedlings produce single flowers and can be discarded when thinning.
Family: – Brassicaceae
Botanical Pronunciation: math-EYE-oh-luh in-KAY-nuh
Matthiola incana requirements and features
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Moderate Maintenance
Requires moderate maintenance.
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Description:This plant bears fragrant densely packed flower spikes in purple, rose, cream and white. 
Description: These plants have delicate, grey-green foliage. 
