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It's not much to look at, but evening scented stock more than makes up for that with its heavenly nighttime scent! Combine this plant with other plants in the 18" height range to camouflage the spindly growth habit.
0.5g (approx 555 seeds) per package.
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
Description courtesy of West Coast Seeds. Visit the West Coast Seeds page for more photos and detailed growing information.