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Products description
Botanical name: Hesperis matronalis
Synonym: Antoniana sylvestris, Crucifera matronalis, Deilosma runcinatum, Hesperis heterophylla, Hesperis pseudonivea, Viola matronalis
Common name: Dame’s rocket, damask violet, dame’s violet, dames-wort, night-scented gilliflower, queen’s gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, winter gilliflower, mother-of-the-evening
Family: Brassicaceae
Native to: Eurasia
Life cycle: biennial
Flower colour: purple, pink
Flower time (Central / West-Europe): May to July
Height: to 100cm
Characteristics and usage: culinary herb, young leaves in salads or cooked, nectar source for butterflies
Weight of 1000 seeds: 2,50g
Seeds per gram: 400
Cultivation / direction of sowing: sow at 22-24ºC (71-75ºF), germination slow, cover thin, Hesperis matronalis needs light for germination
Synonym: Antoniana sylvestris, Crucifera matronalis, Deilosma runcinatum, Hesperis heterophylla, Hesperis pseudonivea, Viola matronalis
Common name: Dame’s rocket, damask violet, dame’s violet, dames-wort, night-scented gilliflower, queen’s gilliflower, summer lilac, sweet rocket, winter gilliflower, mother-of-the-evening
Family: Brassicaceae
Native to: Eurasia
Life cycle: biennial
Flower colour: purple, pink
Flower time (Central / West-Europe): May to July
Height: to 100cm
Characteristics and usage: culinary herb, young leaves in salads or cooked, nectar source for butterflies
Weight of 1000 seeds: 2,50g
Seeds per gram: 400
Cultivation / direction of sowing: sow at 22-24ºC (71-75ºF), germination slow, cover thin, Hesperis matronalis needs light for germination
