Wallflower Ruby Gem

The jewel of the wallflower range. Ruby Gem produces dense, moody flower spikes in glowing ruby-red and velvety crimson with a satin-like texture — a heritage variety with a warm, spicy clove fragrance that fills the spring garden with a richness that the brighter varieties cannot quite match.

Hardy to H5, listed on the RHS Plants for Pollinators, and particularly effective planted in bold drifts where the deep ruby tones create a carpet of colour from March through to May.

• Erysimum cheiri 'Ruby Gem' — Hardy Biennial (H5)
• Height: 30–45cm | Flowers: March–May (Year 2)
• Sow outdoors May–July; flowers the following spring
• Full sun; well-drained, slightly alkaline soil
• Pinch growing tip at 10–15cm for more flower spikes
• RHS Plants for Pollinators listed

Grow it with Cloth of Gold for a classic ruby-and-gold spring combination that has been a staple of the English cottage garden for generations.