Phlox paniculata 'Mount Fuji'

Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 90cm or more
Width - up to 60cm
Location - The White Garden

Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a clump-forming and upright habit. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to broadly lanceolate in shape. Salverform flowers are pure white. The Blooms are held in panicles atop vertical stems and are produced from mid to late summer. The scented Blooms are attractive to pollinating insects and good for use as cut flowers.

Synonym - Phlox paniculata 'Fujiyama'.

Flower:

Scented salverform flowers are pure white. The blooms are held in narrow panicles at the tips of the stems and are produced in July and August.

Flower colour: White

Flower shape: Salverform flowers in panicles

Flowering time: July, August

Foliage:

Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to broadly lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on 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.