Erysimum Poem Lavender - Wallflower

The Erysimum 'Poem Lavender' is a perennial shrubby wallflower with a long and very abundant flowering period. The lovely purple-lavender colour brightens up the garden from late February to late June. It is a plant that performs well in containers and pots for terraces and balconies.

Also called "false wallflower", the Erysimum 'Poem Lavender' is a hardy sub-shrub with linear grey-green evergreen foliage that is quite elegant. Its dense and compact branching gives it a regular spherical shape of about 30-35 cm in diameter and prevents it from thinning out at the base. It is covered with flowers with 4 petals typical of brassicaceae, gathered in short and dense spikes, from late February in the mildest regions. The flowers continue non-stop until early summer, when it is a good time to prune to encourage new growth. It is perennial plant and likes being in a sunny location in well-drained, even rocky soil. It will thrive in rockeries as well as at the front of borders or, of course, in pots.

The flowers of the perennial wallflower 'Poem Lavender' emerge from purple buds and open in a soft shade of mauve-lavender with a tinge of salmon, before settling on a lavender colour. Although the flowers are tightly packed on the spike, the display of flowers of this variety retains its lightness. Used as a biennial, it is an ideal plant on which to base spring compositions in charming pots, in combination with spring bulbs such as the pure white 'Thalia' narcissus, and biennials in shades of pink, purple, crimson or blue, such as pansies and violas, primroses, daisies, etc.

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 pots, containers or directly in borders.