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Wed, May 16, 12 at 23:47
| Here are some beautiful flowers that we get every May around here. I am hoping someone can give me their name and any other information they know.
They grow in the roadside ditches and it seems mostly where they have a north exposure or overhanging trees providing shade.
Bruce |
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- Posted by dandy_line 3B (Brainerd, Mn) (My Page) on Thu, May 17, 12 at 8:56
| Hesperis matronalis |
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| dandy line: Thank you very much for the assistance. Bruce |
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- Posted by dandy_line 3B (Brainerd, Mn) (My Page) on Thu, May 17, 12 at 21:25
| AKA Dames Rocket, a non native. Looks nice and flowers copiously. But, it over runs the native populations and eventually kills them off. Considered a noxious weed in Colorado and other states. I thought they were nice once upon a time and then had to expend a lot of effort in eradication. Be careful what you wish for! |
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- Posted by wisconsitom 4/5 WI (My Page) on Tue, Dec 4, 12 at 11:43
| Not known to displace natives in WI. In fact, wherever I see Dame's Rocket, eradicating same would simply leave more room for burdock, buckthorn, etc. +oM |
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- Posted by northeastwisc 4 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 6, 12 at 1:10
| Dame's Rocket is an invasive species in Wisconsin. As Dandy Line said, be careful what you wish for. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Dame's Rocket - Invasive Species
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- Posted by michiganpete 5 (My Page) on Fri, Dec 14, 12 at 1:19
| considered by USDA as noxious in these states: Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts; in SW Michigan it does not seem to be a serious problem just as northeastwisc suggested. Although in Connecticut it is classified as: invasive and banned, e.g. illegal to move, sell, purchase, transplant, cultivate, or distribute. I just transplanted some specimens myself because they seem to attract interesting insects and butterflies in the wild; the plants even set seed and I got self-set seedlings at the end of the summer, so they do seem to be quite prolific. |
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| Really!? So all those native Monarda in the photo aren't getting displaced? Dame's Rocket is invasive in Michigan too, FYI... http://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/invasive-species/InvasivePlantsFieldGuide.pdf |
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