Property News · February 25, 2017

Plant of the week: perennial wallflower


Choose the right one and you’ll have cheery flowers from March to JulyAccording to the Victorian language of flowers, wallflowers represent faithfulness, which is odd, really, because many wallflowers are anything but. Wallflowers are classed as short-lived perennials, but many will pop their clogs after a year or two, which isn’t great for the low-maintenance garden. Time was when ‘Bowles’s Mauve’ was the only reliably perennial wallflower, but breeders have expanded the options considerably. Choose the right one and you’ll have cheery flowers from March to July (often longer). Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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