About Gillyflower

Gillyflower

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Annual and Perennial

1.2 Type

Herbaceous Perennial

1.3 Origin

Northwestern United States, California, Canada

1.4 Types

Stock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

0 40000

1.5 Habitat

Cultivated Beds

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

5-9

0 99

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

12 - 1

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

1.9 Habit

Upright/Erect

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

38.10 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶

0.54 3900

2.1.2 Minimum Width

20.30 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall) ▶

0.1 6350

2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

Light Blue, Lavender, Blue Violet

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Not Available

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Light Green

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Oblanceolate , Ovate

2.4 Thorns

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8% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Spring, Summer

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Very Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Loam, Sand

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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60% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Container, Ground

4.2 How to Plant?

Seedlings

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Requires regular watering

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

4.5.2 Soil Type

Sandy

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Not Applicable

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

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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34% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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30% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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50% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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15% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

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22% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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17% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.4 Showy Foliage

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40% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.5 Showy Bark

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3% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.6 Foliage Texture

Fine

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Glossy

5.8 Evergreen

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2% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.9 Invasive

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6% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.10 Self-Sowing

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71% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

5.11 Attracts

Butterflies

5.12 Allergy

Not Available

6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Available

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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76% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Antidote, Aphrodisiac, Expectorant, Stomachic

6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Flowers, Leaves, Seedpod

6.2.3 Other Uses

Used as a dye

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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31% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it ! ▶

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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6.5 Garden Design

Not Available

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

Matthiola incana

7.2 Common Name

Blue Thimble Flower, Field Gilia, Gillyflower

7.2.1 In Hindi

gillyflower

7.2.2 In German

Garten-Levkoje

7.2.3 In French

Gillyflower

7.2.4 In Spanish

Gillyflower

7.2.5 In Greek

Gillyflower

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Matthiola incana

7.2.7 In Polish

Gillyflower

7.2.8 In Latin

Matthiola incana

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

8.4 Order

Capparales

8.5 Family

Polemoniaceae

8.6 Genus

Gilia

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots

8.8 Tribe

Gilieae

8.9 Subfamily

Polemonioideae

8.10 Number of Species

Not Available

Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶

1 27800

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 Not Available. 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.

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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.

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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 . There are Not Available 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.