Brassicaceae
Hesperis matronalis subsp. matronalis
Hesperis matronalis subsp. matronalis
Also known as Deilosma runcinatum, Hesperis voronovii, Deilosma niveum, Hesperis sibirica var. alba
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Dame'S Rocket · Hesperis · Cottage Garden · Fragrant Flower · Self-Seeding · Biennial · Evening Fragrance · Wildflower · Pollinator · Purple Flowers
Dame's Rocket is a cottage garden classic prized for its fragrant purple, pink, or white flowers that perfume the evening air in late spring and early summer. Plant in average, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade and water regularly; it self-seeds readily, naturalizing beautifully in informal garden settings. Deadhead spent blooms to reduce self-seeding if desired, or allow it to spread for a charming wildflower effect.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Purple
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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