= Water twice per month or less, once established.
= Water about once per week, once established.
= Water about twice per week, once established.
= Water three days per week, or more.
Use the plant water needs as a guideline. Actual plant water needs will vary for several reasons, including weather conditions, soil type, sun exposure, root depth, wind and elevation. Adjust your watering schedule as needed to meet the plants' needs at your site. Water recent transplants more often than established plants.
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Matthiola montana
low
lavender with a yellow center
April
4 to 8 in.
12 to 18 in.
No
Turkey
sun
unknown
unknown
Mountain stock is a small rock garden plant. It produces beautiful clusters of lavender flowers in April. Each flower has a yellow center. The plant grows as a tidy mound of long, gray, fuzzy leaves. The mound of leaves is attractive even when the plant has finished blooming.
Mountain stock has been a great performer at the Xeriscape Demonstration Garden. Not only does it bloom in early spring when most other plants are still dormant, but it can tolerate cold temperatures and late spring frosts without damage.
It's a small plant, so it needs to be planted in a place where it will be noticed, such as close to a pathway or in a rock garden. Available from specialty plant nurseries only.
Trim off spent flower stalk, if desired.
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