Do night scented stocks come back every year?
Perennials are aggressively consistent while annuals need to be sown every year to grace the garden with their visage and scent. Night scented stock plant is one such gentle annual denizen.
How do you grow scented stocks?
Plant stocks outdoors in a sheltered position in any well drained soil in full sun. Feed and water plants regularly. Deadhead faded stock flowers to encourage more clove-scented blooms to be produced. Support the tall flower stems with twiggy brushwood or garden canes.
Should you deadhead stocks?
Stock flowers bloom from spring to summer, offering continuous blooms in the sunny garden when given the right stock plant care. Keep the soil moist and deadhead spent blooms. Grow this plant in a protected area in colder areas and mulch to protect roots in winter.
How long does night scented stock take to grow?
You should start to see the blooms open at night about 6 to 8 weeks after the day you planted them. If you live in an area with hot spring temperatures, you may need to check the soil every day. It’s best to water the plants in the morning time so the stems have a chance to dry out in the sun.
Can I grow night-scented stock in pots?
When it comes to growing night-scented stock from seed you get two choices. You can either sow them in pots under protection from the early spring onward, or directly sow outside up until May. Using pots or modular trays fill with a good quality compost such as John Innes ‘Seed and Cutting’.
How do you make night-scented stock?
Sow early spring to early summer outdoors where they are to flower. Prepare the ground well and rake to a fine tilth before sowing, but do not exclude light, which is beneficial to germination. Sow 6mm (0.25in) deep in rows 30cm (12in) apart. When large enough to handle thin out to 8cm (3in) apart.
Can you grow stocks in pots?
Stocks (Matthiola) are super hardy and sturdy plants that are great in containers, on a terrace or as gap fillers in borders.
Can you grow night-scented stock in pots?
How do you make a stock rebloom?
Cut off the entire flower spike to the next lateral bud with a clean pair of garden scissors when all of its flowers have faded. The next lateral bud is usually at the joint between the first set of leaves under the flower spike and the stem. The stock plant should send up an additional flush of bloom.
Are night-scented stocks poisonous?
Matthiola longipetala has no toxic effects reported.
How long does night-scented stock flower?
Sow night-scented stock at three-weekly intervals throughout the summer, as flowering plants are in season for about three weeks before they go to seed. Seed to flower is usually about six to eight weeks, so sow now for the summer holidays and the expectation that night-time will bring magic.
Are scented stocks annuals?
The stock flower, also called Gillyflower, is an attractive and fragrant annual flower. There are plenty of different single and double bloom varieties. Stock can create lovely colour in your garden for a long season throughout the spring and summer.
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