Phlox x arendsii 'Luc's Lilac'
Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 90cm
Width - 50cm
Location - The Cool Garden, The House Border
Description: A clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with tall, upright stems. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. Scented, salver-shaped flowers are a bright shade of pinkish lilac. The Blooms are held in cloud-like panicles atop vertical stems and are produced from mid-summer into autumn. Attractive to pollinating insects and good for use as cut flowers.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Scented, salverform flowers are a bright shade of pinkish-lilac. The blooms are held in panicles atop vertical stems and are produced from July into September.
Flower colour: Lilac
Flower shape: Salverform flowers held in panicles
Flowering time: July, August, September
Foliage:
Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to 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.