Can you identify this flower?
by
Emily
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Yesterday at our town swap shop I noticed these flowers blooming off the parking lot, so we took some. They have a sweet scent. Could they be phlox? Since these were growing wild, if we dug some up, would they be invasive in our small gardening areas?
nope not phlox ... try https://ask.extension.org or take to your local Agriculture Agent office ... they are pretty!
We live in the country and they are growing wild in the woods .we also have them growing along the highway . I call them wild phlox because they look like it .plant along a fence or woods . I dug a couple and put along our fence . We have 3 different colors growing in the woods .deer will not eat them .I think they are pretty .
Campanulas, I think. Common name Bellflower.
Dames Rocket, hesperis matronalis.
Appears to have four petals, a wild phlox has six petals. It is easy to confuse the Phlox with a Dame's Rocket and could also be a Hesperis matronalis. My guess is from the pictures I saw on Wikipedia. Hope this helps!
They are called "summer phlox". I have them in my garden.
From http://www.amcdv.org/may.html
Dame's Rocket, Hesperis matronalis. A Europen native biennial. Flower has four petals, unlike the similar Wild Blue Phlox, which has five. Flowers can be purple, white and all shades in between, even streaked. Upright, multi-branched, growing three foot tall. Grows along roadways, woodland edges, and openings in forest interiors. Invasive, and can displace native plants.
Thank you all so very, very much! I am not a good gardener, but these seemed pretty and sweetly scented. Dames rocket it is!