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