I would buy these again
4
great blooms for ages and nice and bright
kate hedgehog
south west
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Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve'
wallflower
9cm pot
in stock
2 + 1 FREE 9cm pots
£17.97
£11.98
in stock
- Position: full sun
- Soil: poor to moderately-fertile, well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil
- Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
- Flowering period: February to July
- Hardiness: borderline hardy (may need winter protection)
This long-flowering, bushy, vigorous wallflower produces long spires of deep mauve flowers from late winter to summer above narrow, grey-green leaves. It is a short-lived plant, but makes a vivid display for months in a sunny border. Try it as part of a colour-themed scheme, or contrast it with vivid yellows. It also looks good in a rock garden or raised bed. - Garden care: Provide cloche protection where frosts are very severe or prolonged.
Eventual height & spread
Notes on Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve'
"This sun-loving trouper deserves a long service medal - the mauve flower spikes comes out with the tulips (or earlier) and are still going strong in September"
Goes well with
Iris Sultan's Palace
£11.99Hebe Red Edge
£12.99Thisplant is one of my true favourites
5
I am not a big wallflower fan, but this one is special, with its jewel-bright colour and bushy growth. My garden colous schme is purlpes. pinks and boues with white, so it fits in perfectly. The only disadvantage is that it isn't a long-lived plant, which means that I but new ones every 5 or 6 years - but that means they always look fresh and healthy.
Old Faithful
Richmond, Surrey
Beautiful all year round flowers
5
This plant is a great long flowerer. This year we have had flowers all year round although it has been a very mild winter in Surrey. I would highly recommend this for a dull spot.
Oozlum
Surrey
Highlight of my border
5
I bought three plants, always plant odd number groups, and they merged into one colourful mass of purple flowers that kept on flowering. And they are still in flower after the winter, although are now beginning to look a little straggly and in need of a trim for the spring. I had many admirers last season.
2010jennie
Buckingham
Healthy and good quality.
5
Healthy and good quality.
Dinah
North Wes U.K.
Great service
5
A lovely plant. Originally a wall flower they grown into the most attractive ball-shaped bush that keeps on producing flowers all year. The bees love them, and they're easy to maintain - jus snip off the flower shoots when they get leggy and more come along.
Jimski
Kent
bowles mauve
5
A great plant that gives colour most of the year
sidney
croydon
Easy to grow
5
The plant was very small when it arrived in March, but it was established really quickly and by summer we had flowers and it has grown to a medium sized plant, with minimal care (Watered it a few times, added some feed a few times, but very irregularly. Given it was a dry summer it did very well). As a general tip: this plant tends to grow large and towards the sun so plant it with that in mind. When established it has a very long flowering period even sometimes in winter. Hardy.
RubyRain
Southeast England
Great product
5
Amazing plant, gives flowers all summer long and easy to maintain. Lasts about 3 years.
Surrey novice
Surrey
Colourful structure
5
Great all rounder
Sue
London
Erysimum'Bowles's Mauve'
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tinker bell
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Hello, It is possible to take softwood cuttings in late spring to midsummer.
Helen
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