About

A colourful annual, reaching 20-60cm, with a bushy habit with fresh green foliage. It produces abundant flowers all season in red.

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, hanging baskets

Care notes

CultivationFertile, moist soil in full sun
PruningDeadhead regularly
PropagationSow seed in spring
Pest resistanceAphids and slugs
Disease resistanceGrey mould in wet conditions