Phlox paniculata 'Grey Lady'
Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H7
Height - 90cm or more
Width - 50cm
Location - The Walled Garden
Description: A clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with tall, upright stems. Mid to dark green leaves are lanceolate to ovate in shape. Scented, salver-shaped flowers are a pale shade of lilac-blue which becomes darker with age. Each Bloom has a prominent white centre. The flowers are held in panicles atop vertical stems and are produced from mid to late summer. Attractive to pollinating insects and good for cutting.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Salverform flowers open palest, blush lilac and deepen to dark lilac with age. Each bloom has a prominent white centre. The flowers are held in panicles atop upright stems and are produced in July and August.
Flower colour: Lilac, white
Flower shape: Salverform flowers held 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 tall, 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.