Pink Dame's Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
Ontario fields are beginning to turn shades of pink and mauve with flowering Dame's Roket.
Mauve Dame's Rocket
In some places Dame's Rocket is considered an invasive weed, but along the roadsides it's very pretty nonetheless.
White Dame's Rocket
What a name! :-)
ReplyDeleteWonder where it got its name
ReplyDeleteFunny to be called a dame
When it is just a flower.
Still, in all, it's very pretty
Like a fragile woman
And that perhaps is its claim to fame!
Ah yes, mine are out in my jungle-like back corner.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is why I come here beautiful photos and finding out what is growing in my back yard. Thank you. Hug B
ReplyDeleteAnd this is why I come here beautiful photos and finding out what is growing in my back yard. Thank you. Hug B
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have seen this before...
ReplyDeleteThey are so pretty and delicate!
ReplyDeleteI rather like the look of them
ReplyDeleteThe flower is probably saved by its beauty!
ReplyDeleteSo many weeds even invasive ones can be so pretty. MB
ReplyDeleteIt's a beauty. So called weeds... well, yes, they can be a problem when spreading - but it doesn't stop them being admired by some ;D)
ReplyDeleteI'll take that as an invasive weed over the scotch broom we have here any day!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind it invading. :)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty!
Looks to lovely to be considered a weed. Must be pretty along the roadside.
ReplyDeleteDarla
Very pretty flowers! Nice shots.
ReplyDeleteYou sure know your plant names.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the prettiest weed ever ?! Those clusters remind me of a geranium's.
ReplyDeleteOurs is in bloom now too , and it is so beautiful this year.
ReplyDeleteYour photographs are wonderful!
pretty little 4-petal bloom!
ReplyDeleteThey are all so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know what they were called! Great shots of these beauties!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful captures,
ReplyDeleteNow I have a name for them!
ReplyDeleteWhat a name for these pretties!
ReplyDeleteThey are pretty but I don't know if I've seen it here. I'll keep my eyes open.
ReplyDeleteI'd rather have an invasive flower growing on the roadsides than just grass. I think they're lovely and I'll bet a whole field of them is stunning.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty little flowers!
ReplyDeletewow ! Pretty flowers and colors !
ReplyDeleteOh so pretty each of them!
ReplyDeleteDame's Rocket..... I must remember that. I never knew it's name but I've seen it everywhere, very pretty.
ReplyDeletePretty flowers!
ReplyDeleteDame's Rocket . . . it looks like a plant that I should know, but frankly I am drawing a complete blank. Still, it looks pretty.
ReplyDeleteOdd name for such a beautiful plant.
ReplyDeleteI like the mauve one, although it looks more like magenta than mauve to me…
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For a weed, it's awfully pretty!
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