
Garden Rose
Rosa cultivars
Matthiola incana
Fragrant spikes of ruffled flowers with spicy-sweet scent. Old-fashioned cottage garden favorite. Multiple florets per stem. Intense fragrance fills room.
Spring, Summer
Temperate
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Stays fresh for 5 to 10 days
when properly cared for
Sweet, spicy, clove-like perfume that fills a room
Stock has been cultivated since ancient Greek times for its fragrance
Called "gillyflower" in Elizabethan England, along with carnations
Victorian ladies carried stock in nosegays to mask unpleasant city odors
The flower's evening fragrance is strongest, attracting night pollinators
Stock (Matthiola incana) is native to the Mediterranean coast. Ancient Greeks and Romans grew it for its spicy fragrance. It became a cottage garden essential in medieval England, where it was called "gillyflower." Victorian florists prized it for nosegays and tussie-mussies.