Erysimum x cheiri Artist Gogh's Gold - Wallflower

Erysimum cheiri (Artist) 'Gogh's Gold' is part of a series of compact and durable hybrid wallflowers, notable for their long flowering period and vibrant colours. Generous and fragrant, its blooms display a lovely range of colours from pale-yellow to amber, salmon, burnt orange, and old rose. A short-lived perennial, it flowers abundantly for weeks on end, from spring to the end of summer, attracting bees and butterflies. Fast-growing and undemanding, it will thrive in sunny borders, rockeries, or on banks. It will look wonderful in pots on balconies or patios. It can even be planted in the gaps of dry-stone walls.

Erysimum cheiri, also known as Cheiranthus cheiri, has acquired various evocative vernacular names over the centuries and across regions. It belongs to the Brassicaceae family. It is native to southern Europe, and is well-suited to dry, calcareous soils. Through hybridisation, hardier and more perennial varieties have been developed, including plants from the Artist Series like 'Gogh's Gold'.

'Gogh's Gold' will reach a height of approximately 30cm (12in) when in bloom, with a diameter of 40cm (16in). It quickly forms upright tufts in the form of bushy domes with woody bases, covered in lanceolate, satin-like green leaves. This foliage persists throughout winter, depending on the intensity of the cold. Flowering begins in April and continues until September if the soil remains moist. The flower buds open into 4-petalled flowers, with their colour evolving through different shades depending on the temperature and age of the flower. Measuring 3 to 4cm (1 to 2in) wide, they are slightly fragrant and arranged in racemes at the top of leafy stems. They are popular with pollinating insects, who find one of the first nectars of spring at the base of their corollas.

Appreciated in gardens for their easiness to grow and their propensity to self-seed in the most unlikely places, they are excellent rockery plants that thrive even in somewhat poor soils and on top of walls. These plants also work wonders as border plants, alongside snapdragons, love-in-a-mist, Californian poppies, evening primroses, or perennial flax. In a taller plant bed, for example, they can be paired with toadflaxes, mulleins, or gauras, which are just as undemanding. 'Gogh's Gold' wallflower can also be planted in pots on a patio or balcony to fully enjoy its bountiful flowering. Water your pots regularly and provide them with flowering plant fertiliser.

Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products intended for experienced gardeners. Upon receipt, transplant them as soon as possible in pots, flower boxes, or directly in flower beds.