Erysimum 'Constant Cheer'

A small nondescript perennial sub-shrub with slightly glaucous, narrowly lance shaped leaves surrounding twiggy stems and producing from late winter clusters of simple four petalled flowers in a muted peach becoming clear lavender with age, lending itself to all manner of gorgeous offbeat colour combos as seen in many a glossy magazine. Tough and easily gown in any well drained soil, preferably alkaline, with a few drinks over summer. Leaner conditions results in more compact growth, more flowers and a greatly increased lifespan, as has been repeated in every gardening book for the last one hundred and fifty years. Provide shade, moisture and rich soil, you will get pap. Superior to all other E. mutabile types, which are prone to legginess, with its propensity for re-clothing old wood giving a denser more compact plant that remains attractive for many years with occasional light trimming.