Dames Violet

Description

It has numerous common names, including dame’s rocket, damask-violet, dame’s-violet, dames-wort, dame’s gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen’s gilliflower, rogue’s gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, mother-of-the-evening, and winter gilliflower. Dame’s-violet grows in moist, and often shady, waste ground, hedgerows and brownfield sites, and by woods, rivers and roads.

A versatile perennial plant, hesperis matronalis has fragrant flowers that can bloom as white, purple or lilac flowers. Flowering late spring to the beginning of summer, they can be placed in full sun or partial shade and can attract various beneficial insects into the garden.