Phlox paniculata 'David'
(Border Phlox 'David')
Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 1.2m
Width - 60cm
Location - The White Garden
Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a clump-forming habit and tall, upright stems. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. The flowers are salver-shaped and pure, snow-white. The Blooms are held in large panicles atop vertical stems and are produced from mid to late summer. The flowers are scented and excellent for cutting.
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Flower:
Scented salverform flowers are pure white. The blooms are held in large 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 lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on upright 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.