Phlox x arendsii 'Utopia'
Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 1.5m
Width - 50cm or more
Location - The Cool Garden
Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a clump-forming habit and upright stems. Dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. Large, scented flowers are a salverform in shape. The elegant Blooms are a pale shade of lilac-pink with creamy white centres. The flowers are held in panicles atop upright stems and are produced from mid-summer into early autumn. Excellent for use as cut flowers.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Synonym - Phlox paniculata 'Utopia'.
Phlox x arendsii is a cross between P. divaricata and P. paniculata.
Flower:
Large, elegant flowers are salverform in shape and scented. The blooms are pale lilac-pink with creamy white centres. The flowers are held in panicles atop upright stems and are produced from July into September.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Salverform flowers in panicles
Flowering time: July, August, September
Foliage:
Dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on dark stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings or division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.