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
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40000
1.5 Habitat
Cultivated Beds
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
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
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3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
20.30 cm
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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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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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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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5.2.2 Edible Fruit
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5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
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5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
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5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
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5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
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5.4 Showy Foliage
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5.5 Showy Bark
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3% - Annual Plants Garden Plants have it !
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5.6 Foliage Texture
Fine
5.7 Foliage Sheen
Glossy
5.8 Evergreen
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5.9 Invasive
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5.10 Self-Sowing
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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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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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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
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