wall flowers
- LonesomeGeorge
- JaneHollis
- Woods92
- Kirk_Johnson
- JaneHollis
- chaz25
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» LonesomeGeorge - wall flowers
I have a question that may sound strange to you but I'm going to ask it regardless.My mother is from the north of England,Leeds actually.We had a discussion the other night about English gardens and she mentioned about how she has never seen "wall flowers" in Canada,are they unique to England only?Regards
George
-- posted by LonesomeGeorge
» JaneHollis - Global wallflowers
You've got me stumped with that one. I know the spring bedding versions are very popular here and I love the purple perennial form 'Bowles Mauve'.Can any Canadian or American gardeners tell us whether you grow wallflowers (latin name Erysimum)?
-- posted by JaneHollis
» Kirk_Johnson - Wallflowers
I have old fashioned wallflowers that I grew from seed that I got from Thompson and Morgan about 15 years ago. They are long lived on the southern Oregon coast, but 'Bowles Mave' will bloom itself to death in a few years because it blooms all year round.-- posted by Kirk_Johnson
» JaneHollis - Re: Wallflowers (Bowles Mauve)
In response to message posted by Kirk_Johnson:The nice thing about 'Bowles Mauve' is that cuttings take so easily - so there are always new plants to take the place of the ones which exhaust themselves!
-- posted by JaneHollis
» chaz25 - Re: Global wallflowers
In response to message posted by JaneHollis:We live in Victoria, British Columbia, and my neighbour has just donated a magnificent Erysimum
Bowles Mauve in full bloom which was taking up too much space. We are fortunate here, since we get little frost and almost no snow, being on the very southern tip of Vancouver Island, which has a "modified Mediterranean" climate. Our winters are wet and mild, while the summers are usually very dry with the temperature rarely exceeding 75 Fahrenheit. So we can grow almost anything found in an English country garden (so long as we water in summer). And by the way, I was born in Yorkshire, which has a far harsher climate than we enjoy in Canada. It's not all ice and snow by any means! Cheers!
-- posted by chaz25
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