Erysimum
Bowles Mauve is our most popular Erysimum - a bushy evergreen perennial with narrow, dark grey-green leaves and erect stems of rich mauve flowers. It can grow up to 75cm when fully grown. Prefers well drained, poor to moderately fertile soil.
Sarah Holmes, Senior Gardener, Barrington Court, Sommerset says:
At Barrington we currently plant hundreds of Biennial wallflowers, Erysimum in the Lily Garden. The Lily Garden was designed by Gertrude Jekyll to provide a hit of colour in spring. Wallflowers have been used in the Lily Garden in this way for many years.
Colonel Arthur Lyle rescued the partially derelict 16th-century Court House in the 1920s, undertaking an ambitious restoration and surrounding it with a productive estate.
The walled White Garden, Rose and Iris Garden and Lily Garden were influenced by Gertrude Jekyll, with playing fountains, vibrant colours and intoxicating scents. The original kitchen garden remains productive; continuing the Lyle family's vision of self-sufficiency.
Through sales generated from the National Trust Collection by Blue Diamond, a minimum of 10% of the retail sales price per product will be given to the National Trust to help look after nature, beauty and history for everyone, for ever.
