Stock

Stock

Stock is a long time favorite for gardeners because of its wide range of colors and distinctive, spicy-sweet fragrance. Stock flowers can quickly mature and produce flowers in cool conditions, which can help extend the growing season for gardeners, market growers and florist. From seed to cut-flower can only take 10-12 weeks when days making it one of the fastest flowers we offer. Our favorite variety is Quartet, Matthiola incana, which sports strong stems that support beautiful sprays of sweetly-scented flowers – ideally suited for bouquets and containers.

Rose Quartet sports strong stems that support beautiful sprays of sweetly-scented pink flowers. Stock flowers are ideally suited for bouquets but can also be used as a spring bedding plant in some markets. Early to bloom in 13-15 weeks with 55% double flowers. Requires pinching of the first flower bud to force secondary bud development and spray-style flowers. Ht. 22–26". Avg. 15,600 seeds/oz. Packet: 50 seeds.

Iron Purple stock offers dependable, florist-grade quality in an early, single-stem (column-type) series bred for uniform, one-cut harvests. True to its name, it produces strong, straight, and rigid stems that hold up well through production and handling. The Iron series has shown excellent performance in spring, early summer, and fall plantings, with the ability to achieve up to 55% double flowers without selection, or fully selectable for doubles. Dense, closely set florets form compact 1½–2 inch blooms in soft blush to rose pink, creating a full, refined look. This variety produces only one flowering stem per plant, and pinching is not recommended, as it will stop flowering.

Yellow Quartet sports strong stems that support beautiful sprays of sweetly-scented yellow flowers. Stock flowers are ideally suited for bouquets but can also be used as a spring bedding plant in some markets. Early to bloom in 13-15 weeks with 55% double flowers. Requires pinching of the first flower bud to force secondary bud development and spray-style flowers. Ht. 22–26". Avg. 15,600 seeds/oz. Packet: 50 seeds.