Monthly Archives: June 2010

Dame’s Rocket Blooms in Purple and White

May’s beautiful colors were highlighted in the country by the large swaths of pink, lilac, purple, and white flowering Dame’s Rocket, a.k.a. Dame’s Violet, Hesperis matronalis. Four-petal flowers cluster in terminal spikes at the top of three feet tall stems. … Continue reading

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Yellow Green Cypress Spurge at a Cemetery

Every year we see what appears to be yellow-green flowers at the roadside right next to a small cemetery. These curious plants come up every year on the slope of the hill going up to the cemetery. I finally stopped … Continue reading

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