Matthiola incana 'Vintage Lavender'
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Hoary Stock (Matthiola incana 'Vintage Lavender') - Description
Excellent fragrance for late spring through the summer, Matthiola incana 'Vintage Lavender' offers up great double flowers that cover plants for early color. A fantastic border plant or use planted en masse for best impact of this old fashion, lavender blooming cultivar.
Hoary Stock (Matthiola incana 'Vintage Lavender') - Blooming
Dense racemes of sweetly scented, four-petaled flowers and lance-shaped or lobed leaves. Come in a variety of colors such as pink, white, violet, mauve, purple, yellow, and red.
Hoary Stock (Matthiola incana 'Vintage Lavender') - Growth
Annuals, biennials, perennials and subshrubs. M. incana, a 0.5-3 foot perennial or subshrub, and M. longipetala ssp bicornis, a 1-1.5 foot tall annual are the most common.
Hoary Stock (Matthiola incana 'Vintage Lavender') - Planting
Full sun to light shade in areas with cool summers (especially a cool nighttime). Sow indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost, germination in 1-3 weeks at 50-65F. Sow in sterile seed-starting mix, water only from below, letting it dry out between waterings. Or sow outdoors after last frost date. Simply press into soil for sowing.
Hoary Stock (Matthiola incana 'Vintage Lavender') - Pest
Aphids and flea beetles. Other problems include club root, damping off, leaf spot, gray mold, wilt, and crown rot.
Hoary Stock (Matthiola incana 'Vintage Lavender') - Interesting facts
Mattioli was named after Pietro Andrea Mattioli, an avid medical botanist from Siena. He grew stock for medicinally for "matters of love and lust".
Hoary Stock (Matthiola incana 'Vintage Lavender') - Soil and irrigation
Average to rich, well drained soil. Neutral to slightly alkaline is preferred.
