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Phlox maculata 'Princess Sturdza'

Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H6
Height - 140cm
Width - 50cm

Description: A clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with tall, upright stems. Ovate to lanceolate leaves are mid-green and can have deep purple markings. Salver-shaped flowers are a bright shade of pinkish-mauve and are scented. The Blooms are held in rounded 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).

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Flower:

Scented, salverform flowers are a bright shade of pinkish-mauve. The blooms are held in rounded panicles atop upright stems and are produced in July and August.

Flower colour: Mauve

Flower shape: Salverform flowers held in panicles

Flowering time: July, August

Foliage:

Ovate to lanceolate leaves are mid to dark green and often marked with purple. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on 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.