| Description | An annual plant grown more by cut flower growers than gardeners. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (ma-tee-OH-la)(in-CAN-nuh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 7-10 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | a good cool season plant |
| Flowers | 1 inch florets borne on terminal racemes, clove scented, many colors, flowering can stop when temperature is above 75 degrees F, clove scented |
| Leaves | gray-green, lanceolate |
| Maintenance | deadhead |
| Propagation | seeds, seeds of double forms will have many single flowering plants |
| Native Site | Native to the Mediterranean. |
| Misc Facts | Matthoiola is names after Peirandrea Mattioli a 16th century Italian physician and botanist. |
| Author's Notes | I have seen Stock used many times in early spring gardens. I am assuming that they are pulled and replaced with other plants that tolerate the hotter weather of the summers. |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage) |
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