Stock ‘Antique Pink’
Matthiola incana
Description
These flowers look like cherry blossoms, with creamy white petals edged in soft pink and ruffled Granny Smith apple-green centers. Bicolor stocks are uncommon, and this variety is great for wedding work. Highly fragrant, with full, fluffy blooms, these prized plants thrive in cooler weather. With a distinctive spicy scent, even a few stems make a big impact in both gardens and bouquets and fill the air with fragrance. Half of the plants will be single-flowered, the other half double, so plant twice as many as you need.
Details
Height: 18 to 30 in
Site: full sun
Days to maturity: 90 to 100 days
Plant spacing: 6 in
Pinch: do not pinch
Seed Sowing & Growing Notes
Sow multiple seeds per cell indoors 6 weeks before last frost and transplant out while the weather is still cool. Can be succession-planted to stagger the harvest. Don’t pinch plants.
Harvesting/Vase Life
Details
Description
These flowers look like cherry blossoms, with creamy white petals edged in soft pink and ruffled Granny Smith apple-green centers. Bicolor stocks are uncommon, and this variety is great for wedding work. Highly fragrant, with full, fluffy blooms, these prized plants thrive in cooler weather. With a distinctive spicy scent, even a few stems make a big impact in both gardens and bouquets and fill the air with fragrance. Half of the plants will be single-flowered, the other half double, so plant twice as many as you need.
Details
Height: 18 to 30 in
Site: full sun
Days to maturity: 90 to 100 days
Plant spacing: 6 in
Pinch: do not pinch
Seed Sowing & Growing Notes
Sow multiple seeds per cell indoors 6 weeks before last frost and transplant out while the weather is still cool. Can be succession-planted to stagger the harvest. Don’t pinch plants.
Harvesting/Vase Life
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How to Grow
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