Phlox x arendsii 'Hesperis'

Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 80cm
Width - 50cm
Location - The House Border

Description: A clump-forming Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. Fragrant, salver-shaped flowers are a rich shade of lilac-mauve, each Bloom with a faint red Eye. The Blooms are densely held in panicles on upright stems and are produced from mid-summer into early autumn. Good for use as cut flowers.

Flower:

Salverform flowers are a rich shade of lilac-mauve, each bloom with a red eye. The blooms are densely held in panicles on upright stems and are produced from July into September. The individual flowers are relatively small for phlox blooms.

Flower colour: Lilac-mauve

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 the vertical 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.