Machet Mignonette is a classic heirloom flower that fills a summer garden with delicate, sweetly scented blooms from June through November. This compact cultivar of Reseda odorata grows just 12 inches tall with a neat, upright habit, making it equally at home in small garden beds, containers, or cutting gardens across hardiness zones 2 through 11. From direct sowing in spring to first bloom takes just 56 to 84 days, rewarding patient gardeners with fragrant flower spikes that attract pollinators throughout the warm season.
Full Sun
Moderate
2-11
12in H x 6in W
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The flowers are wonderfully fragrant despite their modest appearance, releasing a honey-like perfume that seems to fill far more space than their delicate structure suggests. Machet blooms consistently from early summer through the first frosts, providing months of nectar for bees and butterflies. Its compact 12-inch stature and narrow 6-inch spread make it nimble enough for small spaces, yet substantial enough to anchor a flower bed or fill a vase with cut flowers that hold their scent for days.
Machet Mignonette is grown primarily for its richly scented flowers, which are prized for cutting and bringing indoors where their fragrance can perfume a room. The blooms also serve as an excellent nectar source in pollinator gardens, attracting bees and other beneficial insects throughout the growing season.
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Direct sow seeds in early spring as soon as soil can be worked. In fall to late winter zones 8 through 10, sow during those cooler months for spring bloom. Seeds germinate in 5 to 10 days.
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