Gillyflower

Love in a mist

About Gillyflower and Love in a mist

Gillyflower

Love in a mist

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual and Perennial

Annual

1.2 Type

Herbaceous Perennial

Flowering Plants

1.3 Origin

Northwestern United States, California, Canada

Southern Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia

1.4 Types

Stock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock

not available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

NANA

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Cultivated Beds

Fields, Roadsides, wastelands

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

5-9Not Available

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12 - 1

Not Available

1.8 Sunset Zone

1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

1.9 Habit

Upright/Erect

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

38.10 cm30.50 cm

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

20.30 cm15.20 cm

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Light Blue, Lavender, Blue Violet

Blue, Blue Violet

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Not Available

Sandy Brown

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green

Not Available

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Oblanceolate , Ovate

Grass like

2.4 Thorns

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3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun

Full Sun, Partial Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Very Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

Loam

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

Neutral

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

Not Available

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer

Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

✔ ✘

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground

Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Requires regular watering

Allow soil to be completely dry in between waterings, Water when soil is dry

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Slightly Acidic

Neutral

4.5.2 Soil Type

Sandy

Loam

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Not Applicable

Not Available

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

4.7 Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Not Available

Aphids

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

Showy

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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5.2.2 Edible Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

✔ ✘

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

✔ ✘

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

✔ ✘

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

✔ ✘

5.4 Showy Foliage

✔ ✘

5.5 Showy Bark

✔ ✘

5.6 Foliage Texture

Fine

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Glossy

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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5.9 Invasive

✔ ✘

5.10 Self-Sowing

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5.11 Attracts

Butterflies

Not Available

5.12 Allergy

Not Available

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Available

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

✔ ✘

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Antidote, Aphrodisiac, Expectorant, Stomachic

Not Available

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Leaves, Seedpod

Flowers, Leaves

6.2.3 Other Uses

Used as a dye

Used as Ornamental plant

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

✔ ✘

6.5 Garden Design

Not Available

Cottage garden

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

Matthiola incana

NIGELLA damascena

7.2 Common Name

Blue Thimble Flower, Field Gilia, Gillyflower

Love-in-a-mist

7.2.1 In Hindi

gillyflower

love-in-a-mist

7.2.2 In German

Garten-Levkoje

love-in-a-mist

7.2.3 In French

Gillyflower

love-in-a-mist

7.2.4 In Spanish

Gillyflower

love-in-a-mist

7.2.5 In Greek

Gillyflower

love-in-a-mist

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Matthiola incana

nigela-dos-trigos

7.2.7 In Polish

Gillyflower

kocham-w-mgle

7.2.8 In Latin

Matthiola incana

Amor-in-nebula

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Tracheophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Capparales

Ranunculales

8.5 Family

Polemoniaceae

Ranunculaceae

8.6 Genus

Gilia

Nigella

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

Angiosperms, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Gilieae

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Polemonioideae

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

NANA

1 27800

Properties of Gillyflower and Love in a mist

Wondering what are the properties of Gillyflower and Love in a mist? We provide you with everything About Gillyflower and Love in a mist. Gillyflower doesn't have thorns and Love in a mist doesn't have thorns. Also Gillyflower does not have fragrant flowers. Gillyflower has allergic reactions like Not Available and Love in a mist has allergic reactions like Not Available. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Gillyflower and Love in a mist and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Gillyflower and Love in a mist

Season and care of Gillyflower and Love in a mist is important to know. While considering everything about Gillyflower and Love in a mist Care, growing season is an essential factor. Gillyflower season is Spring and Summer and Love in a mist season is Spring and Summer. The type of soil for Gillyflower is Loam, Sand and for Love in a mist is Loam while the PH of soil for Gillyflower is Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline and for Love in a mist is Neutral.

Gillyflower and Love in a mist Physical Information

Gillyflower and Love in a mist physical information is very important for comparison. Gillyflower height is 38.10 cm and width 20.30 cm whereas Love in a mist height is 30.50 cm and width 15.20 cm. The color specification of Gillyflower and Love in a mist are as follows:

Gillyflower flower color: Light Blue, Lavender and Blue Violet
Gillyflower leaf color: Green
Love in a mist flower color: Blue and Blue Violet
Love in a mist leaf color: Green

Care of Gillyflower and Love in a mist

Care of Gillyflower and Love in a mist include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Gillyflower pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves and Love in a mist pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. In summer Gillyflower needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Love in a mist needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.