Phlox paniculata
(Border Phlox)
Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Eastern USA
Year of Introduction - 1732
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 1.2m
Width - 60cm
Location - The East Border
Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a clump-forming habit and upright stems. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. Salverform flowers are an attractive shade of pale lilac. The Blooms are held in panicles on vertical stems and are produced from mid to late summer. The scented Blooms are attractive to pollinating insects.
Flower:
Scented salverform flowers are a pale shade of lilac. The blooms are held in panicles at the tips of the stems and are produced in July and August.
Flower colour: Lilac
Flower shape: Salverform flowers in panicles
Flowering time: July, August
Foliage:
Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the vertical stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings, division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.