Friday is sharing day, on Facebook and Instagram, for whatever you were able to find such as fabrics, thrift store finds, plants, décor…. Last week I posted one of my favorite biennials. Yes, if you think it looks like purple mustard that is because it’s in the mustard family. Like mustard it grows in very bad soil with very little watering.
On the high deserts, it’s a tough and hardy plant for your garden. In North Dakota, because of the increased rainfall, it flourishes in the ditches. So its fair game for foraging and making a quick floral arrangement in a thrift store find with a few of my irises.
Hesperis matronalis is an herbaceous plant species in the mustard family, Brassicaeae. It has numerous common names, including sweet rocket, dame’s rocket, damask-violet, dame’s-violet, dames-wort, dame’s gilliflower, night-scented gilliflower, queen’s gilliflower, rogue’s gilliflower, summer lilac, mother-of-the-evening, and winter gilliflower. Whew!
Whatever name you call it, they are especially striking in the evening, they almost seem to glow and their scent increases. (remember it is all about those birds & bees)
If you are interested in sharing your finds #foragefriday for Instagram or pop on The Nut House page on Facebook and post a picture in the comments.
May your weekend be filled with nuttiness!
the nut house co. 
CAN YOU BUY THE SEEDS OR PLANTS?
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Those are beautiful. Love the colors and it looks like such a happy little wild flower
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How gorgeous! Thank you for sharing! You are one of the fan favorites at The Sunday Showcase from the Make it Pretty Monday party! Here is the link to this week’s Showcase so you can check out your feature: http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/sunday-showcase-make-pretty-monday-8-51/ Have a happy week, my friend! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
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Such beautiful flowers Lorin. I don’t think I have ever seen them before. I have seen similar ones that are very rubbery in quality growing on the beach.
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Mmmm I wonder what they are?
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