Erysimum Winter Charm - Wallflower

Erysimum 'Winter Charm' is a floriferous and early wallflower whose changing flowers bloom in a delightful palette of pastel shades including mauve, white, and yellow. They bloom for several months from late winter to the doorstep of summer, on a very perennial and hardy plant that can withstand temperatures as low as -7°C (19.4°F). It is so romantic when paired with pansies and red or purple grasses!

Most often native to limestone regions of southern Europe, central Asia, and North America, Erysimum belongs to the Brassicaceae family, just like rapeseed and mustard. These shrubs or short-lived perennials prefer very well-drained, even poor and limestone soils, where they are more long-lasting.

Erysimum 'Winter Charm' is a well-branched small bush, slightly taller than wide, about 40-50 cm (16-20in), with narrow dark green foliage, evergreen in winter. It is ideal in pots, grown as a biennial, for the spring decoration of your containers and flower beds, but will also thrive in the rockery or in well-drained soil and in the sun, where it will live for 3 to 5 years. Its flowering takes place from March to June, or even early July when summer is late to come... The numerous buds give rise to large flowers, twice as wide as those of classic wallflowers, but with the same 4-petal shape typical of the Cruciferous family. Gathered in beautiful spikes, they are pale yellow when they open, gradually turning mauve as they bloom, and then taking on a very pale cream or even white hue, creating a refined and romantic display with pastel shades. A sweet wallflower fragrance spreads in the air in good weather, perfuming a whole area of the garden.

This 'Winter Charm' wallflower is perfect in pots where you can easily meet its water and fertilizer requirements, as it is actually quite demanding... You can associate it with bulbs such as daffodils and jonquils, biennial flowers in pink or red, or even orange, chosen from the range of pansies, primroses, and other violas.  Don't hesitate to expand your creative palette with other early perennials (arabis, candytufts, aubrietas, Moroccan marguerites...) and especially with decorative foliage grasses like evergreen sedges. All these combinations will create beautiful spring scenes in flower pots on the patio or balcony. They are also an opportunity to quickly set the scene in a new rockery in the garden.

Note: Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products intended for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant them as soon as possible, in containers, flower beds, or directly in borders.