Hesperis Purpurea
Sweet Rocket
A fragrant, tall growing, clump-forming plant with strap-like, dark green leaves. Tall upright spikes produce flowers of light purple.
Contributed by @sara2309
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Full sun
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Very little water
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Sweet Rocket
Latin name
Hesperis Purpurea
type
Biennial
family
Brassicaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.60 M
1.10 M
Hesperis Purpurea
A fragrant, tall growing, clump-forming plant with strap-like, dark green leaves. Tall upright spikes produce flowers of light purple.
Propagation by seed
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Sow seed in flowering position.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
Flowering Season
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Tall upright spikes producing small pretty flowers of lavender blue flowers.
Planting Outdoors
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant out pot grown plants into flowering position.
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