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n. - Biennial or perennial erect herbs having nocturnally fragrant flowers.

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  • A pure white Hesperis matronalis was also common, but I saw no purple forms of it.
  • "It's said among us that the Dame's Hesperis breathes forth a scent that even the most reluctant swain finds impossible to resist."
  • While not commonly sold as a plant in garden centers, the seeds of dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis) are promoted as a wildflower, though technically it is an...
  • They vary in height from 12in. to 18in., branching candelabra-like, the flowers being produced in terminal spikes, arranged in the way of, and very much resembling, the double...
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