Wallflower, English Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri)

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Oct 31, 2004

Wallflower, English Wallflower
Erysimum cheiri

English Wallflower in my garden in Victoria, Australia, September 2004

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jestelleoan Tyler, TX(Zone 8a) Apr 10, 2005

I just planted over a 100 of these plants in my yard. Please tell me more about them. I got the seeds from an English Co. Has any one in the U.S. every planted them? I under stoud that it took 2 years to bloom. I have put them in part shade. Thank you,
Joan

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Apr 11, 2005

I can't tell you anything about growing them in the US. They are a very common garden flower in England, with a delightful scent. In England they are usually a biennial which means that they do not flower in their first year from seed, and do not usually survive after the second year in which they flower profusely. Here in Australia, they seem to be almost perennial and continue to flower beyond the second year, although they become rather untidy and twiggy in later years.

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jestelleoan Tyler, TX(Zone 8a) Apr 11, 2005

Kennedyh, thank you so much for your answer. One more do they reseed or do I need to plant them each year? Joan

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Apr 11, 2005

Ours have self-seeded quite regularly. They have maintained themselves in the same place for about 15 years now, with no attention from me,
Ken

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jestelleoan Tyler, TX(Zone 8a) Apr 11, 2005

Ken, Thank you so much. I had planted so many that I was realy getting worried. I am so glad that Daves Garden reaches so. Joan

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