Posted by Sue on August 6, 2009, 5:19 pm
> said:
>> Just checked up and its full name is Erysimum wallflower
> Do you know, that did pass through my mind and straight out the other
> side because I could imagine a nursery or gc shortening it to Erys but
> it has nothing to do with Hydrangeas, so I do hope you weren't sold it
> as such. It's the evergreen wallflower. I don't know Pere Wall, so
> wonder if that part of the name is correct, too! I think your best
> bet is to ring the place that sold it to you and get its full name
> correctly. Possibly one of the best known Erysimums is E Bowles
> Mauve.
Ah if Erys was Erysimum then 'Pere Wall' could also be an abbreviation
for Perennial Wallflower. Is it a case of the mixed up labels
phenomenon?
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Sue
Posted by Sacha on August 6, 2009, 6:00 pm
>
>> said:
>>> Just checked up and its full name is Erysimum wallflower
>>
>> Do you know, that did pass through my mind and straight out the other
>> side because I could imagine a nursery or gc shortening it to Erys but
>> it has nothing to do with Hydrangeas, so I do hope you weren't sold it
>> as such. It's the evergreen wallflower. I don't know Pere Wall, so
>> wonder if that part of the name is correct, too! I think your best
>> bet is to ring the place that sold it to you and get its full name
>> correctly. Possibly one of the best known Erysimums is E Bowles
>> Mauve.
>
> Ah if Erys was Erysimum then 'Pere Wall' could also be an abbreviation
> for Perennial Wallflower. Is it a case of the mixed up labels
> phenomenon?
There you go! Do you do crosswords, too?! I should certainly have
recognised that because that's just what it sounds like, a label that
got away. If a Nursery doesn't know what something is, is given an
unidentified cuttiing or is waiting to see what it turns out to be, it
can go into the prop. house with just such a label. In this case, it
sounds as if someone has sold it by mistake so the OP's only recourse
is to go back to the seller and ask what it is, if they know.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon
Posted by Janet Tweedy on August 8, 2009, 7:47 pm
>Do you know, that did pass through my mind and straight out the other
>side because I could imagine a nursery or gc shortening it to Erys
There's Erysimum perofskianum 'Gold Shot'
which is about the nearest.
There's a site with a list of varieties
http://www.oakcottage.org.uk/eris/031a.html
Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk
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>> Just checked up and its full name is Erysimum wallflower
> Do you know, that did pass through my mind and straight out the other
> side because I could imagine a nursery or gc shortening it to Erys but
> it has nothing to do with Hydrangeas, so I do hope you weren't sold it
> as such. It's the evergreen wallflower. I don't know Pere Wall, so
> wonder if that part of the name is correct, too! I think your best
> bet is to ring the place that sold it to you and get its full name
> correctly. Possibly one of the best known Erysimums is E Bowles
> Mauve.