Perennial Wallflower 'Apricot Twist'

My garden April 2003

Really beautiful it looks a little like a orange pansy, but better.

Much smaller flowers Bug_Girl

I did some research, it looks like it is only available in the UK?

I don't know. If so that's a pain as of course it wouldn't come true from seed - it would have to be from a cutting

I found only UK sites and then it said, only for UK. I guess I will never get one in that case. I had an idea that we could have a wish list with daves, for example I see a plant in the data base, I want, and then I could click and add it to a wish list, then in a few years, if I wanted some ideas, I could check my wish list and see which plants that I still needed vs ones I had. That way if it ever becomes aviable in the US, then, I would be reminded that I wanted it. It would not be the same as a trade list, since I am not reporting I want to trade for it, merely that I want it.

Sounds a good idea - you never know, it will probably become available in the US at some point.
Particularly if you ask for it

It is an orchid, is that right? It might grow in San Francisco, we have a climate similar to yours.

No, it's not an orchid - it's a humble wallflower, a relative of cabbages lol

I wish we had a climate like San Francisco! One day if Global warming keep going but the heatwave we are having right now will do OK for the time being

It certainly will, though it sounds as if it's going colder for me over the next couple of days :( Not so low for you Mark
There's already a cold wind, but I hid in the garage and cleared out a wheelie bin full of rubbish yay!!

I think yours is a lot wetter than where I am Bug_Girl (can't speak for Mark, lol) and warmer - you're a Zone 10!

When I saw the family was Brassicaceae, I thought that was a member of the orchid family. I am just hopeless with those Latin names, but that's another thread. LOL

the Orchid you are thinking of is Brassia which is very close Brassi(c)a

Thanks for stepping in with that one Mark - just the one little letter :)

one letter makes a very different meaning.

Absolutely lol

I had a similar plant come up in my garden from a free packet of seeds and later saw it in a Wildflower catalogue from Wildseed Farms . It was called cheiranthus allionii (brassicaceae) . WALLFLOWER from Canary Islands but has naturalized throughout much of northern North America it said. I intend to buy a packet of seeds. I really like it and it said it can be either perrenial or biennial variety ,must be two huh? Well it looks to be same thing, mine wasn't quite as dark of a orange but was about the color of butterfly weed...Hope this helps.

Yes, there are a number that look similar, though a different genus.
They are mainly short lived perennials
Thanks for the info Marlina

I just bought 10 of these beautiful plants at WallMart a few days ago. I live in Washington. The color is really beautiful.

That's good outdoorsgirl, I hope they're doing well. Sorry not to reply before.