"Spider" wrote in message
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On 12/05/2010 16:15, Lol wrote:
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Tradition has it that we plant them in October, then pull them up in
spring (whenever that is!) to make way for bedding plants.
But there is one wallflower that looked so good one year that we left
it -
I think about 3 years ago.
It is now my favourite plant to grace the patio, and getting better
every
year
ftp://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.co...wallflower.JPG

Is tradition all wrong? Care suggestions?

Lol
Sorry, got the link wrong:
http://www.ldwilmer.pwp.blueyonder.c...wallflower.JPG



That's gorgeous! If I were you, I'd be trying to get cuttings (seeds may
not come true) and see how they develop. If they make good plants, you
could sell them, or the rights to them. How long is the flowering season?
That is a lovely colour; not one I've seen yet in the perennial
wallflowers (Erysimum).

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

Selling the rights to plants?

Novel idea that, but I think that if even if I were the one who designed
and created plants, and owned the rights, I wouldn't need money!
True?
I'm just pleased to be able to enjoy them.

Lol