Wallflower Ivory White
Erysimum cheiri 'Ivory White' — Biennial
Dense spikes of creamy-white Wallflower blooms with sweet honey-and-primrose fragrance — the elegant cool-toned cottage biennial for white spring gardens and dark corners.
About this variety
Dense spikes of creamy white flowers over dark green foliage, closer to a miniature stock in appearance than to the fiery wallflowers most people picture. The colour is warm cream rather than cold white, which is why it glows rather than glares as the light fails on a spring evening.
The scent is different too. Where the gold and orange varieties are all clove and spice, this leans sweeter, honey and primrose, and it lingers in cool spring air.
Its practical use is lighting dark corners. Pale flowers reflect what light there is, so a group of these under a wall or a tree brightens a spot where most spring plants simply disappear. It is also one of the earliest substantial nectar sources of the year, which matters to queen bumblebees emerging from hibernation.
It is a biennial: sow in late spring or summer, grow the rosette through winter, flower it the following March to May. Nothing happens in year one. And all parts are poisonous if eaten.
Plant alongside
Wallflower Ivory White pairs beautifully with these cottage garden classics
RHS Plants for Pollinators
This plant has been assessed by the Royal Horticultural Society and recommended as especially beneficial to bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Growing plants like this directly supports UK pollinator populations — something close to our hearts at Salle Moor Hall Farm, where we see the difference a cottage garden full of the right plants can make.
Learn more at RHS.org.uk →