Winter Power Wallflower Plants
The details
Erysimum × hybrida
Pot Grown Herbaceous Perennials- Yellow
- Winter Series: starts to flower early
- Jan/Feb to end summer in ideal conditions
- Short-lived perennial
- Fragrance: Sweet
- Foliage: Dark grey-green.
- Height: 50-60cm.
- Likes a sheltered site in the North.
- RHS Plants for Pollinators
- To 50cm
Recommended extras
Description
Erysimum C hybrida 'Winter Power'
They've turned on the lights to full beam with Winter Power's yellow/gold flowers against a background of lanceolate dark leaves. Wallflowers are short-lived perennials that start flowering early and keep up a display of sweetly scented yellow flowers until summer is over.
Browse our other wallflowers, or all our annual bedding flowers.
Features
- Colour: Yellow/gold
- Flowering: Jan/February to July/August.
- Fragrance: Sweet
- Foliage: Dark grey-green.
- Height: 50-60cm.
- Full sun. Well-drained, alkaline to neutral soil.
- Likes a sheltered site in the North
- RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing 'Winter Power' Wallflower
Erysimum is a brassica, a member of the cabbage family; it is drought-tolerant, and prefers poorer soils with sharp drainage, and alkaline to neutral pH. They are ideal for gravel, Mediterranean-style, and coastal gardens.
It is quite hardy, RHS rating H5, but its foliage will suffer in windy and cold, wet winters without protection: a bit of fleece in midwinter goes a long way to keep the worst of it off, or it may be more convenient to grow your wallflowers in pots and move them into shelter. But a well-drained, sunny urban microclimate, shielded from the wind by buildings should be fine.
In Your Garden Design
Group 'Winter Power' with other varieties of perennial wallflower in pots to cheer up a patio early in the season. They are also a brilliant way to bring bright colour to your beds early in the season. Grow them with bulbs such as narcissi and alliums. The flowers are sweetly scented and last well when cut. Plant in the front of borders with pinks and tulips for a festive display. A hebe heartbreaker would combine well with the winter power, and also pulmonaria.
Planting Instructions
Likes full sun in well-drained, alkaline or neutral poor soil. Space 60cm apart. Water until established, then drought-tolerant. May need protection in cold, damp winters. Suitable for containers.
Wallflowers are a classic partner for bulbs, here we plant them with tulips.
Did You Know?
'Winter Power' is one in a series developed by Kientzler Nurseries in Germany. Try also 'Winter Orchid' (blush-orange turning pink-purple), 'Winter Spice' (orange) and 'Winter Flame' (crimson).