Habitat: sun or partial shade
Soil: any good garden soil
Height: 1.2 m
Flowering: late summer
Width: 80 cm
These are the herbaceous perennials, not the dwarf alpine kinds. They provide good colour for quite a long period, and make good clumps quite quickly, but should be split before they get too large, to keep them vigorous.
Phlox paniculata 'Mount Fuji' is a very long flowering perennial with large heads of white flowers on tall straight stems. It adds fragrance to a herbaceous border in late summer and will grow in full sun in most soils that do not dry out.|
| Phlox paniculata 'Bright Eyes' has heads packed with fragrant, light pink flowers with darker centres, and dark green, lance-shaped leaves. | |
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| Phlox paniculata 'Lilac Time' has lots of lovely scented violet flowers, and make a beautiful display. | |
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| Phlox paniculata 'Spitfire' has brilliant red flowers, but its appearance is also enhanced by the leaves, which have a dark red tinge to them. | |
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| Phlox paniculata 'Starfire' has shocking pink flowers, contrasting with almost black stems, arising from foliage that also has dark mark. It has lots of other good qualities: it is very fragrant, so it is popular with butterflies, it is great cut flower, and it is resistant to mildew. | |
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| Phlox paniculata 'White Admiral' is a white-flowered variety of the perennial phlox, an erect plant reaching up to 90 cm, and good for a damp border. |