Thursday, May 10, 2012

Dame's Rocket...I Think

So as I was heading home from work tonight, I noticed some flowers on the side of the road and I kind of liked the looks of them.  I wasn't quite sure what they were until I got home and looked them up on the internet.
 So it turns out that it is Dame's Rocket or wild phlox and I should have destroyed it.
 It still was a pretty flower though.  There are white flowers as well.
 There was a pretty good sized group of them where I took the picture.
 I think I like the purple ones a little better.
 Especially when the light is hitting them just right.

I guess now that I know, I should destroy it.

3 comments:

  1. They do have an awesome name but apparently they choke out other flowers.

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  2. These are beautiful but yes very invasive. They resemble the wild phlox but are actually in the same family as garlic mustard which is also highly invasive. phlox = good, dames rocket = bad :)

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