Iron Pink stock
Matthiola incana 'Iron Pink'
USDA zones6 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 inches tall
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Pink, rose
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Iron Pink' stock (Matthiola incana 'Iron Pink') is an annual for borders, containers, cut flowers, and cottage gardens. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. The fragrant pink and rose blooms open in spring and again in summer, and bees, butterflies, and birds visit them. Deer rarely make it their first choice. It also tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Sweet William, California poppy, and Japanese forest grass.