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Botanical Name: Hesperis matronalis
Common Name: Sweet Rocket
Hardiness: Zone 3 - 9
Exposure: Full Sun to Light Shade
Bloom Time: Early Summer
Flower Colours: White to lilac
Foliage:
Height: 16-24 inches
Spread: 24 inches
Soil Type: Average
Moisture: Well drained, moist
Care Level: Easy
Hesperis matronalis

General Description:
Hesperis is grown for its profusely blooming, fragrant, phlox-like flowers growing in clusters on long stems. It has smooth, narrow leaves and branching flowerheads with white to lilac flowers.

Care and Maintenance:
Readily grown and will naturalize. Frost hardy, preferring full sun and moist but well drained non-fertile soil, but is very adaptable.

Uses & Features:
Beds
Borders
Meadow Gardens

Varieties Available:
matronalis