Scientific Name: Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve'
Common Name: Bowles Mauve wallflower
Family Name: Brassicaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Biennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Alkaline, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Lanceolate, Dentate
Flowers: Raceme, Purple, Mar-Apr-May-Jun
Fruit: Silique, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Green, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Leaves narrow, grayish green; florets purplish, up to 2cm wide, in racemes.