planting night scented stock seeds Evening Scented Stock

planting night scented stock seeds Evening Scented Stock[description action="start"] Matthiola longipetala. Spindly and insignificant by day, it is potently fragrant at dusk! Single, four petalled flowers are a pale lilac. Best grown either in out of the way spots or with Virginian Stock to combine their complimentary growing habits, colours, and fragrances. Shear back once for continuing scent from July until frost. Stocks prefer cool temperatures, but need full sun to perform well. Once the soil heats up

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Matthiola longipetala. Spindly and insignificant by day, it is potently fragrant at dusk! Single, four-petalled flowers are a pale lilac. Best grown either in out-of-the-way spots or with Virginian Stock to combine their complimentary growing habits, colours, and fragrances. Shear back once for continuing scent from July until frost. Stocks prefer cool temperatures, but need full sun to perform well. Once the soil heats up in summer, plants tend to die back. Provide ample water, but very well drained soil. Sow Evening Scented stocks seeds on the surface of the soil. Many sources still use the previous Latin name for this plant, M. bicornis. If given some support, this branching plant will grow to 45cm (18") tall. If grown in containers, it will probably not grow upright.

Annual

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• Hardy annual
• Potently fragrant at dusk
• Single flowers are pale lilac
• Shear back once for continuing scent
• Germinates in 3-20 days

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