identify flower please

artieanna

I have flowers in the garden for many years now my mother calls them rockets however, I cannot seem to find them listed in any book as rockets or another name.

They are currently in flower and they grow along some roads and old houses (they are not wild). they vary in colour from pale pink, white to lilac and smell lovely especially after rain and grow approx 3.5-4ft.

The flower shape is very similar to some types of phlox.....

Will post pic asap.....

thanks in advance......

Irish Gardener

Hesperis matronalis AKA rockets or Dame's rocket
It’s a perennial with fragrant spikes of individual flowers.
The colour range as you say is differing shades of purple.

hobie

Irish Gardener wrote:

Hesperis matronalis AKA rockets or Dame's rocket
It’s a perennial with fragrant spikes of individual flowers.
The colour range as you say is differing shades of purple.

like this ? .... http://www.missouriplants.com/Bluealt/Hesperis_matronalis_page.html

artieanna

Thanks for the replies, as I've a garden full of them. I took some pics as promised so I might as well put them up.....

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