Capt Kirk
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject: Stock |
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A couple of years ago, my wife planted some stock and this is the best it has ever looked.
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playtime8978
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:15 pm Post subject: |
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theyre really beautiful and do they smell as wonderful as they look? you cant beat the old favourites
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Capt Kirk
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Smells like a bottle of perfume! You can smell it from about 10 ft away.
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eileen
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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I love stock in the garden and MUST have night scented stock every year without fail. Its scent is strongest around 8pm just when you want to sit and relax in the garden - perfect!! 
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playtime8978
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wonderful i so love the smell and eileen i agree with you night scented stocks are my fav have memories of childhood of the smell drifting through the open bedroom window in summer
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gardengater
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Are stock the same as Phlox? They look similar and very pretty.
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EJ
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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I have just ordered some night scented stock seeds funnily enough. They look fab and I can't wait to grow some in my garden next year.
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gardenmama
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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How gorgeous! Stock is one of my all time favorite flowers! 
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gardenmama
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| Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Sjoerd wrote: | Both of those flowers look just like Phlozx that I have in my garden.
Are "Stock" the same as Phlox? |
I think you are right...I know the second one looks a lot more like phlox then it does stock. stock has poofier flowers.
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gardenmama
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:05 am Post subject: |
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| Sjoerd wrote: | I am now 100% sure that the pinkish one is in fact a Phlox.
It is a beautiful thing, isn't it?
I believe that stocks alsi have flowers growiong out from a central syem sort of like a Delphenium. |
You are very right. The leaves and flowers of the stock as also a bit velvety. Here is the best picture I could find of stock. It is the white flowers. All the flowers grow right on in stem.
I have the pink and white flowers growing here and it is definately phlox.
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Netty
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:52 am Post subject: |
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Stock and Phlox...I love them both!
But I think that both shots are of Phlox 
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gardenmama
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| Netty wrote: | Stock and Phlox...I love them both!
But I think that both shots are of Phlox |
I agree they are both phlox...
I posted the pic above to show was stock looks like.
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