brompton stock

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brompton stock - European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental

Matthiola incana

genus Matthiola, Matthiola - genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals

gillyflower, stock - any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers

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London and Wise also introduced the Brompton stock, a heavily-scented, hardy spring stock.

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Sow Brompton stocks now for flowering under glass ?

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK

Sow seeds of fast-maturing annuals, spring-flowering biennials including forget-menots and Brompton stocks, herbs and vegetables.

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FAVOURITE spring flowers like wallflowers, foxgloves, polyanthus, Canterbury bells, forget-me-nots, ornamental kale and Brompton stocks are biennials, with a two years life cycle.