Phlox paniculata 'Rosa Pastell'
Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 1.2m
Width - 60cm
Location - The House Border, The Wedding Ring 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 soft shade of powder pink and each Bloom has a white Eye. The Blooms are held in panicles at the tips of vertical stems and are produced from early summer through late autumn. Excellent for use as cut flowers and attractive to pollinating insects.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Scented, salverform flowers are a soft shade of powder pink, each bloom has a white eye. The flowers are held in panicles atop upright stems and are produced from June through August.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Salverform flowers held in panicles
Flowering time: June, July, August
Foliage:
Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the tall, upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate, lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings, division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in reasonably fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.