Rich Velvet Wallflower Collection

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Use this lusciously fragrant, exceptionally rich mix of wallflowers to fill your winter pots and borders and then - in spring - revel in their flowers. More
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This exclusive collection of dark wallflowers is the perfect way to liven up your garden with bright colour and beautiful scent.

The seed packet contains a mix of the following three varieties: The jumbo seedling collection contains 5 or 10 jumbo seedlings each of:

Wallflowers are one of my favourite spring flowers – they make superb cut flowers, from March to May. They also make perfect winter bedding plants. Keep picking or dead-heading and they'll flower for 3 months next Spring.

Genus Erysimum cheiri
Variety Blood Red Covent Garden, Ruby Gem, Sunset Bronze Shades, Vulcan
Type Hardy Biennial
Common Name Wallflower
Border Position Middle
Soil Type Fertile
Scent Scented
Site Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture Well-drained
Height 45cm (18in)
Spacing 30cm (12in)
Sowing, Seeds, Planting Sow outside May - July. Transplant to final flowering position late summer / early autumn. Can be sown under cover.
Care Tips Try to keep a good sod of earth round the root when you transplant as the tiny spider roots gives the plant a good start before winter.
Flowering April - May
Vase Life They last up to 10 days in clean water and even last in a hot room which will bring out their scent. Sear their stem ends in boiling water for 20 seconds.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
  • Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
  • Flowers/Harvest
Advice
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Delivery

Plant Delivery - When in stock, please allow up to 3 weeks for delivery. 

Seeds Delivery - Following the recent relocation of our warehouse, please allow up to 5 working days for despatch.

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Rich Velvet Wallflower Collection reviews

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Reviewed 2nd August 2019 by John

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Reviewed 1st August 2019 by Jane

Only about 6 of the seeds have germinated. Since some have I cannot tell whether it is me or the seeds! They have been kept moist and at the moment it's difficult NOT for them to be in a warm place. I ordered them because, though I had a virtually 100 per cent success rate with the apricot selection of seeds ordered earlier, there were not many seeds in that selection to start with and I generally supply my mother with plants as well as my garden and allotment.

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Janet

Despite fresh compost and fertiliser the plants didn't grow as bushy as I'd hoped, the colour was good though.

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Virginia

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Gillian

Very pleased with wall flowers

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Sheila

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Magdalen

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Diane

Great quality and long lasting. I have some of Sarah’s wallflowers from several years ago which self seeded and continue to flower each year.

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Mrs Davies

I have purchased plants and some gifts over a number of years. SR is always my "go to"on these occasions. There has never been any complaint.

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Carolyn

Excellent service, well protected, healthy seedlings which grew well and flowered in beautiful colours. I’d recommend them.

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Catriona

Excellent plants and looked wonderful in on bed

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Alison

They were nice but were the wrong colour - a sort of dusty yellow/ochre. It was a pretty, muted colour (not shrill lemony yellow) and the flowers lasted well but I was sorry they weren’t the colours they were advertised as being.

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Caroline

Most were a lovely colours , one rather dull

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Reviewed 26th June 2019 by Sarah

These were also excellent. I planted them with the tulips and the colours were lovely.

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