Erysimum POEM Lilac - Wallflower

Erysimum Poem Lilac is a perennial shrub with evergreen foliage and a long and abundant spring flowering. The beautiful purple-lilac colour of its flowers, accompanied by a gentle fragrance, brings life to rock gardens or sunny borders from late February to late June. It is a variety that performs well in containers, pots, and planters for patios and balconies.

Also known as "false wallflower," Erysimum Poem Lilac is a hardy undershrub of the Brassicaceae family. It is a horticultural hybrid with linear grey-green foliage that is quite elegant. It remains evergreen in winter. Its dense and compact branching gives it a regular ball-shaped form of about 30 to 35cm (12 to 14in) in diameter and prevents it from thinning out at the base. It is covered with 4-petalled flowers, gathered in short and dense spikes, starting from late February in milder regions. The flowering continues uninterrupted until early summer if the soil remains somewhat moist, during which it is good to prune it to rejuvenate it. This variety prefers a sunny location in well-drained, even rocky soil.

The flowers come from brown-violet buds and open in a beautiful pinkish-purple colour with salmon reflections before settling into a more purplish shade. Although the flowers are tightly packed on the spike, the flowering of this variety retains its lightness. Used as a biennial, it is an ideal plant to support spring compositions in charming planters, in combination with spring bulbs like the pure white 'Thalia' daffodil, and biennials in pink, purple, white, or blue tones, such as pansies and violas, primroses, daisies, etc.

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