Stock Apricot
Product Description
Stock 'Apricot'
Matthiola incana
Highly fragrant with full, fluffy blooms, these prized plants thrive in cooler weather. With an elegant, earthy apricot color and a distinctive spicy scent, a few stems of these beauties make a big impact in both gardens and bouquets and fill the air with fragrance. Half of the plants will be single flowered, the other half double, so plant twice as many as you need.
Details:
Plant type: hardy annual
Height: 18-30”
Site: full sun
Days to maturity: 90-100 days
Plant spacing: 6-9”
Pinch: not necessary
Approx seeds per packet: 100
How to Grow:
Sow multiple seeds per plug indoors 6 weeks before last frost and transplant out, or direct seed into the garden. Staking or netting required. Sow every 2 weeks to extend the harvest.
Harvesting/Vase Life:
Harvest when one-third to one-half of the blossoms on a stem are open and remove most of the foliage. Stock is an extremely long lasting cut and will last up to 10 days when water is changed frequently.
