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| Category: Perennial |
| Family: Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (Mustards) |
| Origin: Channel Islands (North America) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Yellow |
| Bloomtime: Spring/Summer |
| Synonyms: [Erysimum insulare ssp. insulare] |
| Height: 1-2 feet |
| Width: 2-4 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F |
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Erysimum insulare (Island Wallflower) An semi-evergreen woody perennial or short lived subshrub to 12 to 18 inches tall by 2 to 4 feet wide. The upright stems bear 2 to 3 inch long narrow green leaves and terminate with a raceme of fragrant bright yellow flowers over several months in the spring that are followed by long narrow fruits (saligue). Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil. It is drought tolerant in coastal gardens and hardy to 20 ° F. Appearance is improved by occasional summer water and pruning in late summer or fall to remove spent inflorescences and to promote vigorous new shoots from the base. Effective in mixed borders or rock gardens. This plant comes from the Santa Barbara Channel Islands and ranges on all 4 of the northern islands as a component of the coastal scrub and coastal dune plant communities, though it is rare on Santa Cruz Island and atypical on Anacapa Island. Another subspecies is on the mainland. Our plants were from cuttings from a plant accessioned at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden as (SBBG 97-181) that was from seed collected in May 1997 at Carrington Point on Santa Rosa Island by Kathryn McEachern and Dieter Wilken. Our thanks to Carol Bornstein for introducing us to this plant and for providing the image on this page.
This information is based on research conducted about this plant in our nursery library and from reliable online sources. We also take into consideration observations of it in our nursery of crops, as well as of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens we have visited. We will incorporate comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if it includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Erysimum insulare. |
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