About
This free-flowering annual, reaching 15-45cm, with a bushy habit. It produces abundant flowers in white. 'Alba' is valued in garden settings.
About the genus
Matthiola can be annuals, perennials or subshrubs, with simple or lobed leaves and dense terminal racemes or panicles of fragrant, 4-petalled flowers
Plant details
Suggested usesBedding, containers
Care notes
CultivationFertile, moist soil in sun
PruningDeadhead regularly
PropagationSow seed in spring
Pest resistanceAphids and slugs
Disease resistanceGrey mould