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adamadamantadamadamant Posts: 278
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A gift! This arrived unasked. 
It's the white flower I am asking about.  It has a pretty, light fragrance, a bit like cloves or dianthus, and is I believe a perennial as I recognise the leaves from previous years, but I have never before seen it flower.


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  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    I think it’s the white form of 
    https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/hesperis-matronalis/  Sweet Rocket
    East Anglia
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes I agree. The scent on warm evenings is delicious. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • adamadamantadamadamant Posts: 278
    Lovely. I thought it might be but thought it was an annual or biennial. Can it last for several years? We are warm and sheltered here. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2023
    In this garden it’s a shortlived perennial and thankfully seeds itself about a bit. I just keep an eye open for the offspring so they don’t get weeded out. These ‘just appeared’ in this bed … having spread from a bed at least 15’ away. 


    Loved by nightflying pollinators 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • adamadamantadamadamant Posts: 278
    A lovely gift.  Thank you Dove!  Enjoy your evening it is an utterly gorgeous one here. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    adamadamant said:
    Lovely. I thought it might be but thought it was an annual or biennial. Can it last for several years? We are warm and sheltered here. 
    I think mine last a few years, they get quite big with multiple flowering stems


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    And you too @adamadamant (I remember you well 😉). It’s lovely here as well. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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