BOTANICAL NAME

•Phlox paniculata

PRONUNCIATION

• Flox pan-ick-u-lay-ta

COMMON NAME

• Garden Phlox

FAMILY

• Liliaceae

PLANT

• Groundcover• Height 1’ - 3’• Width 1’ - 3’• Upright

EXPOSURE

• Part shade• Shade

ZONES

• 3 - 9

Life Cycle

• Herbaceous perennial

ARRANGEMENT

• opposite

COMPOSITION

• Simple

LEAF

• Elliptical•1”

MARGIN

• Entire

VEINS

• Pinnate

FLOWER

• Summer •Magenta, white, pink, blue•panicles

FRUIT

• Fall• Insignificant cluster

GROWTH

• Medium

USE

• Border• Ground cover

DESCRIPTION

• Many cultivars• Excellent for attracting pollinators• Sweet fragrnace

CULTURAL PRACTICES

• Propagate by division in fall• Needs moist, well-drained soils

PROBLEMS

• Powdery mildew

NATIVE OF:

• Southeastern USA