Phlox paniculata 'Butonik'
Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Raised in Russia
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 90cm
Width - 60cm
Location - The Cool Garden
Description: A clump-forming herbaceous Perennial with an upright habit. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape with pointed tips. The foliage is occasionally flushed with deep red. Bright magenta-lilac flower buds are conical in shape and have dark calyces. This phlox is highly unusual in that the flower buds never fully open and retain their conical shape until they wither. The flowers are held in dense panicles atop vertical stems and are produced in midsummer. Good for use as cut flowers.
Butonik translates to 'bud' in Russian.
Flower:
Bright magenta-lilac flower buds are conical in shape and have dark calyces. The buds never fully open, and retain their conical shape until they wither. The buds are held in dense panicles atop vertical stems and are produced in July.
Flower colour: Magenta, lilac
Flower shape: Conical buds held in panicles
Flowering time: July
Foliage:
Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape and have pointed tips. The leaves are sometimes tinged with deep red. 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.