It’s time to plant wallflowers ready for them to spring into brilliantly colourful flower from spring onwards. Sweetly-scented wallflowers have been a favourite for centuries, prized for their robust constitution and their generous flower displays. They’re incredibly good value for beds, borders and containers.
Wallflowers appear just at the same time as mid- to late-season tulips, so they make perfect partners for a sizzling spring display. Plain colours make the best choices for combining with tulips, as you can then choose similar shades to complement each other – say, scarlet wallflowers with red or pink tulips – or contrasting colours for a really zingy effect. Orange tulips such as ‘Ballerina’ look sensational with blood red wallflowers; or you can match a single shade in a multicoloured tulip, say butter-yellow wallflowers to pick out the buttery edging on the deep bronze petals of ‘Abu Hassan’ tulips. Don’t be afraid to experiment to find your ideal combinations: they all work just as well in containers, too.
