Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering
Outdoor
Giroflée
Dense spikes of mauve, white or wine-red flowers, with a clove scent that carries several metres.
Care Profile
A guide to ensuring your botanical companion thrives.
Origin
Mediterranean
Light
Full sun
Watering
Weekly
Maintenance
Easy
A cliff flower turned garden flower
The wild species grows on limestone sea cliffs around the Mediterranean, in compact grey clumps beaten by salt wind.
Grown since the Renaissance for its scent, it flowers out of season: in winter and early spring, when few plants still perfume a garden.
"A spice scent on a winter flower."
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Styling Tip 01
Sow in late summer
An August or September sowing flowers from February to April in a Mediterranean climate.
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Styling Tip 02
Limey, drained soil
It comes from cliffs: it enjoys lime and above all fears stagnant winter damp.
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Styling Tip 03
Full sun for the scent
In part shade it still flowers, but the perfume drops off markedly: give it the best position you have.
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Origin
South America
Light
Full sun
Watering
Rarely
Care
Easy
Flowering
Flowering