Stock

Stock offers a wonderfully spicy, distinctive scent. Plant it in spring several weeks before your region's last frost date -- this annual thrives in cool temperatures and stops blooming once hot weather arrives. It's especially wonderful in window boxes and planters at nose level, where its sometimes subtle effect can best be appreciated.

Stock is slightly spirelike and comes in a wide range of colors. It makes a great cut flower, perfuming bouquets as well as the border. It grows best in full sun or part shade and moist, well-drained soil.

Light:

Sun,Part Sun

Plant Type:

Annual

Plant Height:

1-3 feet tall

Plant Width:

1-2 feet wide

Landscape Uses:

Containers,Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Flowers,Fragrant,Cut Flowers,Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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'Cinderella' stock

Matthiola Cinderella Series stock plants bear double flowers in a range of shades. The compact plants grow 10 inches tall.
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'Legacy' stock

Matthiola Legacy Series stock plants bear double flowers in a range of bright shades. They grow 2 feet tall.
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'Starlight Scentsation' stock

Matthiola 'Starlight Scentsation' shows off strongly fragrant single blooms in a range of colors. It grows 18 inches tall.
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Garden Plans

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Fragrant Spring Bulb Garden Plan

Plant It With

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Nemesia

Create a fragrant container by mixing sweetly scented nemesia with spicy-scented stock.

Pansy

Accent stock's upright habit with colorful pansies. Both do best early in the season and tolerate light frosts.

Sweet pea

Grow sweet peas on a trellis with stock for a knock-your-socks-off display that your eyes -- and nose -- will appreciate.

Propagation

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Seed