RE: Erysimum linifolium - fragrant melon-orange flower ?

I have an "oo I like it take it home" unlabeled variety that has mixed
colors leaning heavily to the melon-orange.  Wonderful scent.  Appears
to be E. linifolium "Wenlock Beauty" (googled on Erysimum linifolium).
The mauve is faded, and blends with the white, leaving the melon color
and a faint, light pink as the outstanding colors. Don't suppose
someone's built a hybrid off the orange?

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
[o*@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Tony and Moira Ryan
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:28 PM
To: Medit-Plants
Subject: Re: Erysimum linifolium - fragrant melon-orange flower ?

Joe Seals wrote:

> Might it be simply Erysimum x allionii, a plant that used to be common

> in the California nursery trade?  A slightly spicy floral scent.

Or just possibly E.perofskianum or one of its hybrids? Unlikely to be
E.linifolium, as all cultivars from this species seem to have at least
some mauve in them.

Incidently I see Flora lists the majority of modern wallflower cultivars
as simply "hybrids of mixed parentage". their breeding now having become
too tangled to unravel!

I have a bushy hybrid from this group which is a mix of bright orange
and purple. It was sold to me under the name of 'Iron ore' but appears
identical with one listed in Flora as 'Winter Cheer' Apart from the
still extant vetran Bowles Mauve I think it psys to buy only on sight or
you may not get what you expect.

>     Hello all,
>      
>     I came across a fragrant melon-orange flowered Erysimum linifolium
>     at Target of all places today - but it is mislabeled as 'Bowle's
>     Mauve'.  Is anyone familiar with the melon-orange variety, have
you
>     grown it and do you know the name of the variety?  I tried to find
>     it in the internet but didn't have any luck.

Moira
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