Matthiola incana
Summer stock is an excellent cut flower! It likes cool temperatures, yet we can grow three batches a year – two in spring and one in autumn. From one plant, you'll harvest only one flower, but it will be a truly large, fully double bloom. Stock smells wonderfully, even intoxicatingly, and lasts a long time in a vase. The flowers are edible.
The Katz series is not as susceptible to temperature changes, generally easier to grow for beginner gardeners. However, this comes with thinner stems and a smaller proportion of fully double flowers.
Katz Apricot is the most beautiful shade of skin-toned apricot.
All stocks have some plants with full flowers and some single. The proportion varies with each series. Katz has 55-60% double-flowered plants. Therefore, we recommend growing a little extra. On our farm, however, we also use the single ones; they are wonderfully unique.
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