![]() Its large flower clusters have a light, pleasant fragrance, and they make a lovely addition to summer bouquets. It blooms in mid-summer and is a great addition to cottage garden landscapes, cutting gardens, and pollinator gardens. Spot with good air circulation to prevent mildew is recommended. Garden Phlox is an upright fragrant flower that grows to about three feet tall. Size : 30" tall and 25" wide, spacing 1.5’Ĭulture : full sun, half sun, light shade grows well in average soil, prefers good soil enriched with compost or other organic material and occasional fertilizing. ![]() Very charming combinations are with nativars of native shrub – Hydrangea arborescens or non-native Hydrangea paniculata or some roses at the background.īlooming time : mid July to August/September Good non-native perennial combinations include Astilbe chinensis (taller varieties), Astrantia major, Delphinium, Geranium, Geum x hybridum, Hemerocallis, Leucanthemum superbum, Lilium, Persicaria amplexicaulis, Sanguisorba, Scabiosa caucasica or Thalictrum. At Lowes, youll find a beautiful selection of perennial flowers, plants, shrubs and grasses to match your gardens needs. hirta, Veronicastrum or cultivars of grass Panicum virgatum. The name, phlox, comes from the Latin for flame, reflecting its bright colors. If you go native (or nativar) style of planting, we highly suggest these perennials :Īgastache (tall blue or bluish flowering, Agastache ‘Black Adder‘ ), lower varieties of Coreopsis tripteris, Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea tennesseensis, Eupatorium, Filipendula rubra ‘Venusta‘ or wild form, Helenium, Monarda didyma, other varieties of Phlox paniculata, Rudbeckia maxima, Rudbeckia fulgida, annual R. The garden phlox is a flowering plant that is native to the United States. Great cut flower.īest in flower beds, both private and public landscaping projects,cottage gardens, hummingbird and butterfly gardens or some naturalization.īeautiful combinations can be reached combining with yellow, creme, white, orange yellow or pink flowers. ![]() As any other tall garden phlox – the best is to place it in the center of the flower bed, because the stems naturally loose their leaves, so plant some lower perennials in front of them. All this makes this perennial (it comes back year after year) an old-fashioned. They are shorter, mildew resistant and bloom for a much longer time. Tall phloxes flower for long period of time, but deadheading or "Chelsey chop" will prolong the blooming time even more. Garden Phlox has 3-4-foot stems and fragrant white, pink or red flowers. Todays Garden Phlox are not your grandmothers Phlox. 'Katharine' has beautiful lavender-white, quite large flowers and quite good mildew resistance. ![]()
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