Erysimum Apricot Twist is a well-loved cottage garden favourite with lightly scented blooms. Better than the usual annual wallflowers, as Apricot Twist does not need replacing every year.
Erysimum are renowned for their incredible long flowering period. Apricot Twist also carries this mantle, as a mass of dark buds emerge in spring, opening to reveal copious clusters of bright orange blooms until the autumn. The evergreen foliage becomes almost covered in colour and is a feature when the blooms have faded during winter. Much loved by florists, Erysimum are excellent as cut flowers, bringing the gentle scent into your home, and lasting up to 10 days in a vase.
Apricot Twist is incredibly easy to grow, rabbit resistant, loved by bees and prefers well-drained soil in sun or part shade, growing to an approximate full height and spread of around 30-60cm.
Erysimum are fully hardy perennials and will happily survive most winters outside, only needing protection during the very coldest of winters if the soil is not well-drained.
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