Erysimum, Perennial Wallflower 'Bowles' Mauve'

This is absolutely my most favorite plant. Mine have been blooming their heads off for at least 8 years. No known pests and it will take ...Read Moremore water than suggested. Instead of shearing the plant back, I take the time with tiny clippers to cut back only the spent flowers. I guess it may be why it blooms continuously. I love the rounded shape that looks compact but natural. I just planted five more of them and already added an orange flowered one that took a little bit longer to get moving. I only prune when branches die or it needs a little heading back. Bonus: The butterflies, bees and hummingbirds all love them.

The Bowles Mauve that l have in a dry sunny spot doesn't do quite as well as the ones in partial shade, but l've had a life-long love af...Read Morefair with them.. as they propagate readily from cuttings and after early summer haircuts they keep on giving all summer
long. The weather here in southwestern British Columbia suits them well and l think their colour and perfume are a MUST in any spring - summer garden !

I planted my Erysimum last summer and was so excited to see it bloom again this Spring but over the winter it had lost all its leaves (wh...Read Moreich I didn't realize was abnormal until I read recently that this is suppose to be an evergreen) and all the stems have turned to brittle wood. In other words, I think it may be dead. I thought this was an easy plant to keep so I don't understand what happened. It has one branch that is still growing leaves and flowers but other than that, nothing. I live in the Pacific Northwest and even though we had a few days of freezing temps this winter, it was relatively mild. I will probably try and replace it with a new one but not knowing what I did wrong to this one, I don't have much faith the next one will survive either.

Wallflower 'Bowles Mauve' is one of the showiest and easy-care garden plants in my area and in much of California. It blooms heavily in ...Read Morespring with flowers covering the dome-like plants. Well-grown plants easily attain a yard in diameter. If the plants are sheared back in early summer when bloom becomes straggly, the plants send out new growth and some sporadic flowering during the rest of the year. They do "bloom themselves to death" and live around 3-5 years, but are readily replaced with fresh plants. Sheared back plants are a good source of cuttings. Unlike the common English wallflower, this cultivar does not set much seed (but I have occasionally found some volunteer seedlings). Plants are not fussy about soil and are water thrifty during our long dry season.

A good sturdy plant that will flower throughout the season. I took cuttings from my plant last year and now have a dozen more plants - fl...Read Moreowering now. The original plant is about 18" high and the cutting plants are about 10" high.