Dreamy Dames Rocket
Wildly beautiful Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) in the nearby field around the dock at Tod Inlet, Gowlland Tod Provincial Park.
Dame’s rocket is a biennial, meaning it blooms in the second year; however, it self seeds and if allowed to drop seed, will bloom each year behaving like a perennial plant.
Its lavendar/purple flowers bloom in mid-Spring and are particularly showy and fragrant in the evening with a scent likened to a mixture of clove and violet. Additionally, the leaves and seeds of dame’s rocket are edible, used for medicinal purposes, and purported to be endowed with aphrodisiac properties.
Dreamy Dames Rocket
Wildly beautiful Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) in the nearby field around the dock at Tod Inlet, Gowlland Tod Provincial Park.
Dame’s rocket is a biennial, meaning it blooms in the second year; however, it self seeds and if allowed to drop seed, will bloom each year behaving like a perennial plant.
Its lavendar/purple flowers bloom in mid-Spring and are particularly showy and fragrant in the evening with a scent likened to a mixture of clove and violet. Additionally, the leaves and seeds of dame’s rocket are edible, used for medicinal purposes, and purported to be endowed with aphrodisiac properties.