Erysimum x hybrida
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- er-RIS-ih-mum HY-brih-dah
- Description
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Wallflower is a low-growing mounding herbaceous perennial or biennial with showy long-blooming flowers. In the south they are grown as a cool-season annual. They are generally short-lived and often treated as biennials. The hybrids come in many colors and were bred for longer bloom times. The showy flowers bloom during the summer in clusters of pink, orange, yellow or red.
Plant in average to sandy soil in full sun. It is drought tolerant once established and deer resistant. Used in rock gardens, the front of the border, along walkways or in containers.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cabarrus County Poolside Garden
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- ‘Glow™ Coral’
- Glow™ Golden
Yellow flowers, ground hugging - 'Orange'
orange flowers
- ‘Glow™ Coral’
- ‘Glow™ Coral’, Glow™ Golden, 'Orange'
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- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- ‘Glow™ Coral’
- Glow™ Golden
Yellow flowers, ground hugging - 'Orange'
orange flowers
- ‘Glow™ Coral’
- ‘Glow™ Coral’, Glow™ Golden, 'Orange'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Erysimum
- Family:
- Brassicaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Biennial
- Perennial
- Wildlife Value:
- Attracts hummingbirds.
- Dimensions:
- Height: 0 ft. 6 in. - 1 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 1 ft. 0 in. - 1 ft. 6 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Mounding
- Growth Rate:
- Medium
- Maintenance:
- Low
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Shallow Rocky
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Occasionally Dry
- Available Space To Plant:
- Less than 12 inches
- 12 inches-3 feet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Mountains
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Green
- Fruit Type:
- Siliqua
- Fruit Description:
- Dry, capsule that split open when ripe, siliques.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- Orange
- Pink
- Red/Burgundy
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Raceme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Good Cut
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Star
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Description:
- Yellow, red, orange or pink 4-petaled flowers in racemes from mid-spring to mid-summer have a honey fragance.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Alternate
- Leaf Shape:
- Linear
- Oblanceolate
- Pinnatifid
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Lobed
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Deep green lower leaves are sessile, linear to oblanceolate, pinnatifid with backwardly directed lobes. Stem leaves are linear and entire.
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Stem:
- Stem Color:
- Green
- Purple/Lavender
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Surface:
- Hairy (pubescent)
- Stem Description:
- Winged hairy stems
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Container
- Patio
- Rock Wall
- Walkways
- Landscape Theme:
- Cutting Garden
- Drought Tolerant Garden
- Rock Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Mass Planting
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Drought
- Problems:
- Short-lived
