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Gillyflower
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About Gillyflower

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What is

Life Span

Annual and Perennial

Type

Herbaceous Perennial

Origin

Northwestern United States, California, Canada

Types

Stock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock

Number of Varieties

75
Rank: 62 (Overall)
0 40000
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Habitat

Cultivated Beds

USDA Hardiness Zone

5-9
0 99
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AHS Heat Zone

12 - 1

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

Habit

Upright/Erect

Information

Plant Size

Minimum Height

38.10 cm
Rank: 100 (Overall)
0 3900
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Minimum Width

20.30 cm
Rank: 100 (Overall)
0 6350
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Plant Color

Flower Color

Light Blue, Lavender, Blue Violet

Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

Fruit Color

-

Leaf Color in Spring

Green

Leaf Color in Summer

Green

Leaf Color in Fall

Green

Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

Shape

Leaf Shape

Oblanceolate , Ovate

Thorns

6% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Season

Plant Season

Spring, Summer

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Growth Rate

Very Fast

Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

The pH of Soil

Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

Soil Drainage

Well drained

Bloom Time

Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer

Repeat Bloomer

68% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Tolerances

Drought

Care

Where to Plant?

Container, Ground

How to Plant?

Seedlings

Plant Maintenance

Medium

Watering Plants

Watering Requirements

Requires regular watering

In Summer

Lots of watering

In Spring

Moderate

In Winter

Average Water

Soil

Soil pH

Slightly Acidic

Soil Type

Sandy

Soil Drainage Capacity

-

Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Pruning

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

Fertilizers

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

Pests and Diseases

-

Plant Tolerance

Drought

Facts

Flowers

Showy

Flower Petal Number

Single

Fruits

Showy Fruit

18% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Edible Fruit

10% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrance

Fragrant Flower

36% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrant Fruit

4% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrant Leaf

27% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrant Bark/Stem

26% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Showy Foliage

44% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Showy Bark

No - Annual Plants Garden Plants has it !

Foliage Texture

Fine

Foliage Sheen

Glossy

Evergreen

2% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Invasive

15% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Self-Sowing

87% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

Attracts

Butterflies

Allergy

-

Benefits

Uses

Aesthetic Uses

-

Beauty Benefits

-

Edible Uses

71% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

Environmental Uses

Air purification

Plant Benefits

Medicinal Uses

Antidote, Aphrodisiac, Expectorant, Stomachic

Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Leaves, Seedpod

Other Uses

Used as a dye

Used As Indoor Plant

33% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Used As Outdoor Plant

All - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

Garden Design

-

Scientific Name

Botanical Name

Matthiola incana

Common Name

Blue Thimble Flower, Field Gilia, Gillyflower

In Hindi

gillyflower

In German

Garten-Levkoje

In French

Gillyflower

In Spanish

Gillyflower

In Greek

Gillyflower

In Portuguese

Matthiola incana

In Polish

Gillyflower

In Latin

Matthiola incana

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Capparales

Family

Polemoniaceae

Genus

Gilia

Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

Tribe

Gilieae

Subfamily

Polemonioideae

Number of Species

25
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Properties of Gillyflower

Want to know the properties of Gillyflower? Then you are at the right place. Here you'll know everything about every plant. Knowing the properties of garden plants is very interesting. Gillyflower is a flowering plantalso, its flowers are non fragrant. Many garden plants possess some allergies. One should know everything about before planting. It has allergic reactions which are . Gillyflower Benefits are as follows:

  • Medicinal use: Antidote, Aphrodisiac, Expectorant and Stomachic

  • Part of plant used: Flowers, Leaves and Seedpod

It is always necessary for every botanist to study and know all the characteristics of every plant. Scientific classification which includes kingdom, clade, genus, tribe and order are important parameters to understand for every botanist. The gardener must know the properties like the kind of soil required, the amount of water needed, fertilization and pruning required for respective plant. All these properties differ according to plant.

Gillyflower Physical Information

Physical information is must while knowing everything about Gillyflower. Physical information includes the exterior appearance of the plant. The appearance of the plants is well considered factor, especially when you want your garden to be very attractive. Learn about color of leaves and flowers which differs even from the same species of plants. Gillyflower physical information is as follows: 38.10 cm tall and 20.30 cm wide. Its leaf shape is Oblanceolate , Ovate. Also it has following color specifications:

  • Flower color: Light Blue, Lavender and Blue Violet
  • Leaf color: Green

Care of Gillyflower

Taking Gillyflower Care is very important. Pruning, fertilizing, timely watering is very important care factors of any plant. If proper care is taken, results are refreshing and green plants which have a healthy life. Hence every garden plant care should be taken properly. Care of Gillyflower include pruning, which should be done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. The watering done in summer is Lots of watering and in winter is Average Water. It needs Full Sun for its proper growth.

Season and care of Gillyflower

Many a times, care of plants is dependent on the season of the plant. Hence season and care of Gillyflower is important if you are planning to plant it in your garden. It is a Annual and Perennial plant. Gillyflower is a very important plant from Annual Plants. There are 75 varieties of this plant, among which some popular species are: Stock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock. This plant's habitat is Cultivated Beds and it comes in the hardiness zone 5-9. If you want to keep your garden blooming for all year, grow different plants which blooms in different seasons. Also, understanding habitat of plants is necessary to know, it helps to adjust the environment of the plant like the type of soil and temperature needed for it, according to region it originated from.