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Matthiola incana, 'Pillow Talk'

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Matthiola incana, 'Pillow Talk'
Matthiola incana, 'Pillow Talk'
Price: £2.75
RHS Perfect for pollinatorsAttractive to pollinatorsPerfect for cutting
    Gardeners are familiar with the fragrant annual stocks long popular as a cut flower and available at most florists. However, 'Pillow Talk', a cultivated variety, is longer lived and you can expect to grow this as a biennial or short-lived perennial. From June to September it produces very sweet-scented, waxy-white blossoms, fading to pale pink, which pervade the air all around, above thick rosettes of silvery-grey, strap-shaped foliage. 1½ft (45cm)

    Easy to grow, this cottage garden plant has long been popular both for bedding and for providing cut flowers, but above all it is its wonderful Clove-like scent that has endeared it to generations of gardeners.
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    Genus: Matthiola

    Species: incana

    Variety: 'Pillow Talk'

    Family Name: Brassicaceae/Cruciferae

    Seed Catalogue No.: 848X

    English Name(s): Stock

    Hardiness: Hardy

    Lifecycle: Annual

    Suitable for: Summer Bedding, Cut Flowers

    Colour: White Cream

    Flowers: June, July, August, September

    Lighting Conditions: Full Sun, Partial Sun

    Soil Type: Clay, Chalk, Sand, Loam

    Soil Acidity: Alkaline, Neutral, Acid

    Moisture: Well-drained

    Customer Reviews - Matthiola incana, 'Pillow Talk'

    Average Rating: 5 (5 of 5 based on 1 reviews)

    Matthiola incana, 'Pillow Talk'

    Smell divine

    Reviewed by Ruth on

    The smell of these is indeed divine. Discovered that you need to plant apart as they won’t grow if all crowded in one pot. It’s taken two years to get blooms, but it’s been worth it. Don’t know why you wouldn’t want them to self seed!

    Rating: 5/55

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    Germination Instructions

    Sow indoors. Sow 2mm deep into moist well-drained seed compost. Do not exclude light. Propagate 16-19°C. Germination takes 10-14 days. Grow on at 10°C, this will allow you to select for doubleness. You should see an obvious colour change, prick out seedlings with a green/yellow colour and discard the dark green ones which will produce only single flowers. Then grow on at 13-18°C. Acclimatise and plant out after danger of frost has passed with 30cm spacing. Sow in spring as an annual. For Biennials plant later and overwinter for flowering the following year.

    Growing Instructions

    Prefers moist soil but do not over water. Feed monthly.

    Cultivation Instructions

    Cut and come again variety. Cut flowers regularly to encourage growth and to prolong flowering window. Deadhead if you do not want it to self-seed.

    When to Sow

    JanJFebFMarMAprAMayMJunJJulJAugASepSOctONovNDecD
    • Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
    • Flowers/Harvest

    Approximate number of seeds per packet: 18

    Please note we pack the majority of our seeds by volume so the number of seeds indicated is only an approximation.

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