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How to Grow and Care for Wallflower

Wallflower, also known as Aegean wallflower, Garden wallflower, English wallflower, Cheiranthus cheiri, Persian wallflower, Bowles's Mauve

Wallflower is known for being particularly resilient and adaptable, making it an easy-care plant ideal for gardeners of varying experience levels. Key special care points include ensuring well-draining soil and full sun exposure, which are critical for its growth and flowering. Moreover, wallflower benefits from regular deadheading to promote continuous blooming throughout its flowering season.

Watering schedule: Every week

Sunlight Requirements: Full sun

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Planting and Growing Wallflower

Wallflower

Wallflower

Wallflower

Toughness	High
Care Level	Medium
Care Difficulty	Easy
Lifespan	Perennial, Biennial, Annual
Watering Schedule	Every week
Sunlight Requirements	Full sun
Soil Type	Garden Soil
Soil pH	6-7
Planting Time	Spring
Hardiness Zones	6-9

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Varieties of Wallflower

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Wallflower 'Constant Cheer'

Wallflower 'Constant Cheer' is a cottage garden favorite plant that produces long-flowering blooms from spring through summer, offering "constant cheer". Where the parent plant flowers in shades of yellow, red and purple, this hybrid has flowers of reddish-orange that progress through pink and purple hues. This is a popular bedding plant for spring gardens.

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Wallflower 'Blood Red'

Wallflower 'Blood Red' is a cultivar of Wallflower. It offers stunning blood-red flowers (hence the name) with large velvety petals, set among deep green foliage. Gardeners favor this plant as a dramatic focal point in a garden. The flowers are fragrant and it is attractive to butterflies and birds.

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Wallflower 'Chelsea Jacket'

Wallflower 'Chelsea Jacket' blooms in multiple colors of flowers, with its younger petals often appearing as a bright yellow color, whiile the older flowers fade to a purple shade. This Wallflower cultivar thus creates an ever-changing visual interest when used in the garden or yard.

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Wallflower 'Harpur Crewe'

Wallflower 'Harpur Crewe' is one of the oldest Wallflower cultivars. It is best identified by its tiny yellow flowers, which are much smaller than the parent plant or its other varieties. Furthermore, it is one of only two cultivars to have double flowers. This cultivar is named after and originally grown by Rev. Henry Harpur Crewe.

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