Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve'
(Wallflower 'Bowles's Mauve')
Family - Brassicaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H4
Height - 75cm
Width - 60cm
Location - The Cool Garden
Description: A sub-Shrubby Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Narrow grey-green leaves are lanceolate in shape and have irregularly toothed margins. Flowers with four rounded petals open pale lilac before quickly turning to bright mauve. The Blooms are held in Racemes and produced over a long period from early spring into late summer. The flowers are attractive to pollinating insects.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Synonyms include - Erysimum 'E A Bowles' and E. linifolium glaucum
Flower:
Flowers with four rounded petals open pale lilac and quickly turn to bright mauve as the bloom develops. The flowers are held in racemes and produced over a long period from March (possibly earlier) into August.
Flower colour: Mauve
Flower shape: 4-petalled flowers held in racemes
Flowering time: March, April, May, June, July, August
Foliage:
Dark grey-green leaves are lanceolate in shape. The leaves are Alternately arranged and sometimes whorled on the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.