Gillyflower | Gillyflower Plant

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

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

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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

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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

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18% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Edible Fruit

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10% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrance

Fragrant Flower

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36% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrant Fruit

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4% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrant Leaf

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27% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Fragrant Bark/Stem

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26% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Showy Foliage

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44% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Showy Bark

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No - Annual Plants Garden Plants has it !

Foliage Texture

Fine

Foliage Sheen

Glossy

Evergreen

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2% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Invasive

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15% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Self-Sowing

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87% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !

Attracts

Butterflies

Allergy

Benefits

Uses

Aesthetic Uses

Beauty Benefits

Edible Uses

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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

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33% - Annual Plants Garden Plants

Used As Outdoor Plant

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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

1 27800

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