Phlox paniculata 'Elizabeth Arden'
Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 1.2m
Width - 60cm
Location - The Wedding Ring 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 bright rose pink. Each Bloom has a darker pink Eye at the centre. The flowers are held in panicles at the tips of the vertical stems and are produced from mid to late summer. Good for use as cut flowers and attractive to pollinating insects.
Flower:
Salverform flowers are bright rose pink. Each bloom has a darker pink eye at the centre. The blooms are held in panicles atop upright stems and are produced in July and August.
Flower colour: Pink
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.