Hesperis, Dames Rocket A Little History and Some Growing Instructions Hesperis, also known as Dames Rocket, Sweet Rocket and Dames Violet, belong to a family of plants which are native from Europe to China and Siberia. Hesperis are members of the Mustard family. The plants were introduced into North America during colonial times and were a popular cottage garden flower because of their beauty and their heavy, sweet fragrance which was most notable at sunset. Joseph Breck in his 1851 book, The Flower Garden, said of the plant, "The single varieties of this fragrant flower are common in most gardens. It is a biennial or imperfect perennial, easily raised from seeds, producing flowers the second year...in May and June, of various shades, from pure white to purple...The
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