Stock Seeds - Apricot

BOTANICAL NAME

Matthiola incana

LIFE CYCLE

• Annual

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

• Full Sun

GROWTH HABIT

• Upright

PLANT HEIGHT

• 24 to 30 inches

COLOR

• Pink
• Yellow

These delightfully fragrant, airy apricot blooms are sure to leave a significant impression in both gardens and flower arrangements. With a distinctive and spicy scent, the seeds are likely to yield both single and double-flowered plants. Each plant produces a singular flower spike, reaching a height of 24 to 30 inches. The plant boasts dense, impressive spikes adorned with scented, large, and closely spaced double flowers on individual stems. Hardy down to 32°F, it blooms in late spring, summer, and late summer. Best suited for field cultivation, it takes approximately twenty weeks to reach maturity.

• • Highly uniform, single stem column-type stock
• • Tightly packed florets on each flower spike
• • Stock does not benefit from pinching, will actually terminate flowering

PLANTING SEASON

• Fall
• Spring

SOWING METHOD

• Direct Sow
• Start Indoors

PLANTING DEPTH

• 1/8 inch

WATER NEEDS

• Average

PLANT SPACING

• 14 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

• N/A - Annual

SEED PREP

• Requires Light