Scientific Name: Erysimum cheiri
Common Name: English wallflower
Family Name: Brassicaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Biennial, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Ground cover, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Spring interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Spiraled, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Pubescent, Oblanceolate, Ovate, Entire, Serrate
Flowers: Raceme, Orange, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Red, Apr-May
Fruit: Silique, Brown, Oct-Nov
Key ID Features:
Leaves oblong to 8cm long; flowers with single set of petals, arranged in racemes (corymb-like in some cvs).