garden stock

Matthiola incana

Flower name
garden stock
Scientific name
Matthiola incana
AliasStock, Matthiola incana, マッティオラ, アラセイトウ
Place of originSouthern Europe
Place of floweringGarden, Cut flowers, flower arrangement, Botanical Gardens, Park, Potted flower
Flowering seasonJanuary, February, March, April, May, October, November, December
Language of flowerslasting beauty

What is garden stock

Garden stock or hoary stock (Scientific name: Matthiola incana) is native Southern Europe, it is a cold-resistant annual grass of Brassica family. Leaves are slender and growing-like ones grow. Spikelet inflorescences are stretched out from an upright soft flower stalk, and a lot of fragrant flowers bloom. Flowers have single flowering and double flowering, flower color is pink, white, red and rich. It makes be around the anniversary, however because it is weak against summer humidity, that period is not circulated. It is often used as cut flowers.

Generic name: Garden stock, Scientific name: Matthiola incana (Mattiola), aka: hoary stock,Matthiola incana, Origin: Southern Europe, grass length: 30 cm (Dwarf species) to 100 cm, leaf length: 10 cm, flower season: spring (but anniversary except June to September in Japan), flower size: 2 to 3 cm, flower color: white · yellow · pink · red · purple .