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Old 15-06-2007, 11:14 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.gardens
Bob Hobden Bob Hobden is offline
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"nonews" wrote after
"FragileWarrior" wrote ...
Someone told me this is called, "Wallflower". It looks exactly the same
as
Dame's Rocket (Lady's Rocket?) but it is orange and these flowers have
been
blooming their little hearts out since early May.

Check google images for Cheiranthus and Erysimum photos. Both are commonly
called Wallflowers.
Erysimum is also called Blister-Cress. Good flowers but plants seem
short-lived for me.

Old, very old, warrior..

The ones commonly called Wallflowers over here are the Hardy Biennial,
Cheiranthus cheiri, sold bare root in the autumn for planting to flower the
following spring. The problem with them is that they are usually at their
best when you want to dig them up to plant the summer bedding. My photos
were of two of these that I haven't dug up yet because they are so nice and
to my surprise they continue to flower and perfume their patch of the
garden.
However there is also the Perennial Wallflower, Erysimum but that is still
not as well known.

Your plant looks slightly different to both of these so I'm not sure what
that is unless it's another closely related species.

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Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK