Stock is a name given to about 50 species of garden flowers. A species called the Grecian stock bears fragrant lilac or purple flowers which open at evening. This small, branching annual plant comes from southern Europe. Its pods have two noticeable horns on the end. The Virginian stock is another annual with small white, red, or lilac-colored flowers. It has a short stalk and pods with no horns. The Brampton, or common, stock is about 2 feet (60 centimeters) high. It bears fragrant white, pink, red, purple, or yellow blossoms.
