Erysimum Winter Touch - Wallflower

Erysimum 'Winter Touch' is a floriferous and early perennial wallflower with warm tones for a winter exit. Its flowers offer us a rusty orange colour with a red centre. They bloom for several months, from the end of winter to the beginning of summer, on a perennial and hardy undershrub that can withstand temperatures down to -7°C. It is beautifully enhanced by red or purple pansies and grasses!

Most commonly originating from the limestone regions of southern Europe, central Asia, and North America, Erysimum, closely related to wallflowers, belong to the brassicaceae family, just like rapeseed and mustard. These shrubs or short-lived perennials prefer well-drained and even poor and limestone soils, where they show more longevity.

The 'Winter Touch' Erysimum is a well-branched small bush, a little taller than wide, about 40-50 cm (16-20 inches), with narrow, dark green, evergreen foliage. It is ideal in pots, grown as a biennial, for the spring decoration of your containers and flower beds, but it will also thrive in the garden, in rockeries, or in well-drained soil and full sun, where it will live for 3 to 5 years. It flowers from March to June, or even early July when summer is late to arrive. The numerous buds give rise to large flowers, twice as wide as those of classic wallflowers, but with the same four-petal shape typical of the cruciferous family, gathered in beautiful spikes. A sweet wallflower fragrance spreads in the air on sunny days, perfuming the garden.

The 'Winter Touch' wallflower is easy to grow in pots where you can easily meet its water and fertiliser requirements, as it is actually a rather demanding plant. You can associate it according to your preferences with bulbs such as daffodils and jonquils, or opt for biennial flowers in pink, red, or orange among pansies, primroses, and other violas. Explore other combinations with early perennials such as arabis, iberis, aubrieta, and Moroccan daisies, as well as decorative foliage grasses like evergreen carex. These associations create attractive compositions for flowering pots on a terrace or balcony and also offer a quick solution to enhance a newly landscaped rockery in a garden.

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