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1973 – 1982:<br><em>Erysimum</em> ‘Bowles's Mauve’

1973 – 1982:
Erysimum ‘Bowles's Mauve’

This perennial grows up to 75cm high, has mauve flowers and glaucous leaves and can flower for almost the whole year. An Award of Garden Merit plant, it was named in honour of the plantsman E A Bowles and was first shown at Chelsea in 1982.

Plant Champion: Michaela Worthington, 37 from Bradford Michaela loves Erysimum ‘Bowles Mauve’ because of its beautiful colours but also because it is always buzzing with bees, butterflies and lacewings. She works as a Forest School Practitioner and Teaching Assistant and enjoys pottering about outside with the children and seeing how excited they get about gardening.

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Terms & Conditions apply. Closing date for the Plant of the Centenary vote is 12 noon Friday 24 May, 2013.