Matthiola 'White-flowered Perennial'
(Perennial White Stock)
Family - Brassicaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H4
Height - 30cm
Width - 30cm
Location - The White Garden
Description: A low-growing Perennial with a mound-forming habit and stems that are woody at the base. Narrow grey-green leaves are oblong to obovate in shape and covered in fine white hairs. Snow white flowers are saucer-shaped and have an intense, powerful evening fragrance. Each Bloom has a yellow ring at the centre and an apple green throat. The Blooms are held in Racemes and produced from late spring and early summer. The flowers are followed by long, cylindrical green seed pods.
Flower:
White flowers are saucer-shaped, each bloom has a yellow ring at the centre and a green throat. The flowers have an intense, beautiful fragrance in the evenings. The blooms are held in racemes and produced in May and June. The flowers are followed by slender, cylindrical seed pods.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Saucer-shaped flowers in racemes
Flowering time: May, June
Foliage:
Narrow grey-green leaves are oblong to oblanceolate in shape and are covered in white hairs. The base of the stems are woody with spirally arranged leaves and the leaves on the flowering stems are Alternately arranged.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Oblong to obovate
Propagation:
Seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in moisture retentive soil that is well drained.