Thanks so much for all the suggestions! my girlfriend thinks it is Erysimum going by the petals. We shall see. Saw it in Sissinghurst Castle Gardens at the weekend.
Hesperis live two to three years. They produce lots of seed which you can scatter around if you can recognise seedlings and are not a hoe fiend. Perfectly hardy.
I usually sow a few in a tray, prick out into small pots then put in gaps in September. I have never tried eating either, although I believe you can eat wallflower flowers.
I got sweet rocket seeds free with either GW or Garden Answers mag last year, and threw them liberally on the garden. They are now everywhere! So pretty sure that's what they are S
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Thanks so much for all the suggestions! my girlfriend thinks it is Erysimum going by the petals. We shall see. Saw it in Sissinghurst Castle Gardens at the weekend.
Many thanks!
The leaves are wrong for Erysimum.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I think it is hesperis. The leaves are wrong for erysimum Bowles mauve, although the flowering habit is OTT for hesperis.
And of course the petals of Erysimum and Hesperis are very similar, as are those of all their relatives in the Brassica family
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Brassicaceae.htm
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Useful seeing them side by side.
These would make a great addition to the garden.
How long do they live?
Do they seed and multiply?
Are they edible?
Are they as hardy as the perennial wallflowers?
Any growing advice?
Thanks.
Last edited: 23 June 2016 14:32:26
Hesperis live two to three years. They produce lots of seed which you can scatter around if you can recognise seedlings and are not a hoe fiend. Perfectly hardy.
I usually sow a few in a tray, prick out into small pots then put in gaps in September. I have never tried eating either, although I believe you can eat wallflower flowers.
I got sweet rocket seeds free with either GW or Garden Answers mag last year, and threw them liberally on the garden. They are now everywhere! So pretty sure that's what they are
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