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Wallflower,
Wallflower, up on the wall,
Who sowed your seed there?
No one at all:
Long, long ago it was blown by the breeze
To the crannies of the walls
where I live as I please.
"Garden walls, castle walls, mossy and old,
These are my dwellings
from these I behold
The change of years;
yet, each spring that goes by,
Unchanged in my sweet smelling velvet am I"
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Wallflower (Erysimum 'Orange Flame')
Mostly frost hardy, they do best in well-drained, fertile soil in an open, sunny position.
Cut back perennials after flowering so only a few leaves remain on each stem. Propagate from seed
in spring or cuttings in summer. Older varieties are sweetly
scented, while new types have no fragrance but bloom well over a long
season.
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