More Wallflowers..

The wallflowers are a lovely colour.They seem to have done really well this year,never seen mine look so good.Was it all that rain we had earlier in the year do you think?

Thanks Val..it could be,but these have been in about 4 years,so I just keep trimming them back..I need to take cuttings this year .

I've never taken cuttings of wallflowers.I just dig out some bits where I don't want them to grow and as long as they've got roots, plant them elsewhere.Seems to have worked.Got them growing in the back now as well as the big bunch in the front, which like yours have been in ages.

Sandra, they are very similar in colour to mine I think and look so attractive next to that lovely bird bath.

Looking very colourful and they show your Birdbath off a treat;0)

lovely warm colours on those erysimums!

Beautiful Bloomer your birdbath is still looking good too :o)

I have done that too,Val..but they are looking quite woody at the base now..but it's surprising how they still begin to show signs of life again,when I cut them back..like most things,they just want to live.:o)

Thank you Chris,and the bird bath is keeping it's colour well,since OH painted it quite a while ago..I prefer it like this :o)

Thanks Carole..It's not often I'm colour co ordinated in the garden..:o)

Thank you Karen.I think it's my favourite colour of the spring Erysimums..x.

Thanks Neellan..I hope I wear as well as the Birdbath ! Lol x

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They are a lovely colour Sandra and I bet the scent is gorgeous !

They do smell lovely,Amy..thank you..

Super bright colour Sandra. I lost all my wallflowers last year, I don't really know why? I love their perfume too.

Thanks Julia, how strange you lost yours,when they are so hardy..do they get some disease specific to Wallflowers ,I wonder?

I've no idea Sandra, they literally withered and died. Perhaps I should have Googled it at the time.

Maybe nobody asked them to dance,and they just lost interest :o) On a more serious note,I've just googled it out of curiosity ..or nosiness,you might say..!
They can die in a severe winter (mine didn't ) or they can be affected with club root..I sincerely hope it wasn't the latter...suggest adding lime?

Those wallflowers look great with the euonymus. I rarely manage to keep wallflowers - apart from Bowles Mauve, which is perennial, I think. Nonetheless, I keep buying more. I wonder if it's the heavy clay/ sodden Winters that are to blame?

Thank you..It might be the reason,but I don't really know,as mine is very free draining,so I guess it helps..At least your Bowles Mauve does well..one of my favourites too.:o)

Hi Sandra ..
Missed this ... sorry .. playing catch-up agan!
I've added to GoYpedia... very nice pic.

Beautiful warm colour:o)

Hi Terra,That's kind of you,thanks :o) I'm always on catch up..like a lot of us :o) xx

Thank you Petaltracey..they really shine on a lovely day,like today..and a lovely perfume too :o)

That's a bonus Bloomer! - I didn't realise that Wall flowers are scented :o)

These are,Petaltracey,I don't know about all varieties..It's only light,but it wafts in the breeze as you pass by..I got my Grandson to have a sniff,and he liked it..had to keep an eye on him though,for buzzy insects,as he stuck his nose straight in..as they do :o)

Love that orange so zingy.....

Thanks,Dd2..I like zingy too :o)

They are so great at this time of year.....I like this colour.

Thank you Linda..and so long lasting too.they started flowering much earlier this year..

I like how your Silver Queen Euonymous anchors the flower bed and makes a very striking focal point.

Thank you Paul..It's my favourite Evergreen..a good foil for any plants..All my new Wallflower cuttings from this year,are planted out,and growing well again too.:o)

This is a particularly pretty display very well thought out.

Thank you Paul.I'm hoping it looks as nice this coming year :o)