In Bloom: 2010-05-10 Out of Bloom: 0000-00-00 Growth Type: Annual Hardiness Zones: 1 - 10 Location at Monticello: West Lawn Planting Conditions: Partial Sun

Stock Matthiola incana (Click image to enlarge)

This is likely the Gilliflower "Gilliflower" Jefferson found suitable for naturalizing in "the open ground on the west" in 1771, although the garden carnation was also called by this name. The Elizabethans called them "Stockgilliflowers" for their "stock" or stem and for their carnation, or gilliflower-like, fragrance. Visit Monticello's Online Shop to check for seeds or plants of Stock. Close Window © Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc.