Re: Hesperis Matronalis

I'm here ,I'm here...waveing hard, jumping up and down hey hey I'M
HERE!!!!!!

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> From: Blee811 <Blee811@aol.com>
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Hesperis Matronalis
> Date: Thursday, May 14, 1998 11:13 PM
> 
> In a message dated 5/14/98 8:15:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, pat-
> mitchell@juno.com writes:
> 
> << Can anyone tell me about the above?  I also know it as Dame's Rocket
or
>  Sweet Rocket. I seeded a garden with a *shade mixture* from a can and
this
> year these
>  things have taken off!! (Last year they came up but didn't bloom)  They
are
> quite lovely, but when I had it identified by the local *plant doctor*,
she
> looked down her nose at it and called it a weed. >>
> 
> Dames Rocket can be very aggressive if it likes its location and it seeds
> pretty freely too.  I have seen marshy areas where there's not room for
> anything else to grow.  If you can control it though, it is pretty--like
a
> tall phlox.  I think there's a white one available too--probably a sport.
> They are in bloom in SW Ohio, cincinnati area, right now and you can see
them
> along the road in some locations.  I had a single plant in my front bed
and
> had to remove it after one year because it was crowding out everything
else
> (just this one plant).  So I put it down in back near an area that has a
creek
> when conditions are wet.  It didn't make the transplant, but one plant
came up
> from some of the seed I tossed around and is blooming now.  So, the moral
of
> the story is that it may be hard to transplant, so put it where you want
it to
> be for a long time and keep in mind that it can be a bit of a thug. 
After
> blooming, it is a rough-looking, not-so-attractive plant (to my eye
anyway).
> 
> Bill lee
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