Stocks Noble White is a Takii stock with elegant full-double white flowers for cool-season beds and cutting rows.
Want to grow Stocks for cut flowers? Follow our Stocks Grow Guide for sowing, South African timing, care and variety-specific advice.
Quick Grow Facts
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Plant Type: Cool-season annual or biennial, usually grown as an annual.
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Scientific Name: Matthiola incana
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General Sowing Time: Cool season; late summer/autumn in winter-rainfall regions, late winter under cover in frost-prone interiors, and the coolest winter window in hot or humid areas.
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Position: Full sun.
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Sow Depth: Cover very lightly so the seed remains dark.
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Spacing: 12 to 15 cm in a supported cut row, or 20 to 25 cm in a home border.
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Germination: About 4 to 6 days at 18 to 21 C.
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Height: Approximately 80 to 100 cm.
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Double Flowering: Full double.
Why Grow This Variety
- White flower spikes give clean, elegant colour for beds and bouquets.
- Takii describes Noble White as full double.
- Fragrant blooms add classic stock-flower perfume.
- The flowers suit cutting, containers and cool-season bedding.
Garden Uses
Grow Noble White in cool-season cutting rows, scented patio pots, cottage borders or white flower schemes, using it as a neutral bouquet flower.
Growing Notes
- Stocks prefer cool weather and can decline once hot weather arrives.
- Use rich, moist, well-drained soil with good airflow.
- Avoid acidic, waterlogged conditions.
- Harvest for arrangements when three to five lower florets are open.
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