evening stock

Mat-thy'o-la. A genus containing 50 species of Old World annuals, perennials, or subshrubs, only 2 species commonly in cultivation.

Description
Leaves alternate, without marginal teeth, or way or cut into segments. Flowers in terminal racemes, with 4 long-clawed petals.

How to Grow
Easy to grow and quick to flower. Some of the most cold-resistant annuals, but cannot stand heat. Start seeds very early indoors so that plants will be at early flower-bud stage before transplanting. Or sow outdoors in very early spring in full sun. Sow thickly and do not thin plants; crowding will force them to bloom early. Where winters are mild, sow seeds in late summer for winter and spring bloom. These plants prefer cool weather.

Matthiola incana
Stock ; Brompton Stock ; Gillyflower . 1-2 ft. (30-75 cm) high. Flowers white, blue, purple, reddish, pink, or yellowish, fragrant, 1 in. (2.5 cm) wide, usually double. S. Europe. Cultivar 'Annua', Ten-Weeks Stock, is early flowering and disease-resistant. Biennial grown as a hardy annual.

Matthiola longipetala
Evening Stock . Low-growing, much branched, to 1 ft. (45 cm) high. Flowers ¾ in. (19 mm) wide, scattered, purple to white, very fragrant, opening in the evening. Eurasia. Usually planted in clumps. Hardy annual.

The botanical name for stock.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals
  Synonym: genus Matthiola

Matthiola
Matthiola incana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Brassicales Family: Brassicaceae Genus: Matthiola Aiton
Species
See text.

Matthiola (pronounced /ˌmæθiˈoʊlə/,^[1] syn. Mathiola R.Br.) or stock is a genus of flowering plants. It is named after Pietro Andrea Mattioli.

A cool season annual. Flowers are singles or doubles in a wide array of colors and are very sweet smelling. They are often used in bouquets of cut flowers. This genus contains approximately 50 species, generally from Eurasia, although the two most common species in cultivation are M. incana and M. longipetala.

Selected species

• Matthiola fruticulosa (= Matthiola tristis) - Sad Stock

• Matthiola incana - Stock, Hoary Stock

• Matthiola longipetala (= Matthiola bicornis) - Night-scented Stock

• Matthiola odoratissima

• Matthiola sinuata - Sea Stock

• Matthiola tricuspidata - Three-horned Stock

References

1. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607

• Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892. 

External links

• Matthiola in Flower Library

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