Friday, 16 March 2012

Dame's Rocket

  • A biennial
  • Common names: Dame’s Violet, Queen’s Gilliflower, Summer Lilac, Sweet Rocket, Mother-of-the-Evening.
  • Member of the Mustard family
  • Flowers are very fragrant - especially in the evening – and are insect pollinated.
  • Produces a rosette in the first year of growth and then a flowering bolt in the second year. 
  • Blooms early summer, withers and dies by late summer.
  • Very similar to Garden phlox, which has 5 petals and opposite leaves, but Dame’s Rocket has 4 petals & alternate leaves. http://www.invasiveplants.ab.ca/Downloads/FS-DamesRocket.pdf

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