How to Grow Phlox
From the Greekphlego , to sting , orphlox , a flame , refer to the bright colours of the flowers(Polemoniaceae).A genus of nearly 70 species of hardy , half - audacious , annual and perennial herbaceous plant life all , with one exception , natives of North America and Mexico . Almost all the most crucial species are from the eastern United States , though the pop annual , P. drummondii , isfrom Texas and New Mexico . The hunky-dory herbaceous plants come in the beginning fromP. paniculata , the garden forms of which may sometimes be list asP. x decussata , have a most crucial part to play in the garden as they give color at a time — July and August — when it very much needs their bright people of color . They are extremely easy to turn and all have fragrant flower . Our rock gardens would be much poorer if they lacked the various forms of eitherP ’ douglasiiorP. subulataor their loan-blend .
Herbaceous perennial specie cultivated
P. carolina,2 feet , phlox - purple to pink and white , ‘ May and June , easterly United States . P. glaberrima,2 feet , red-faced , May and June , eastern North America in swamps . P. maculata , uncivilised sweet william , 3 foot , violet and purple , summer , eastern North America . These three species are the parents of the early flowering marvellous phlox . P. paniculata(syn . P. x decussata),1 - 4 feet , purple purple , summertime , eastern North America .
Alpine species cultivatedP. amoena,6 - 9 inch , rebel , May to June , southeast United States ; var.variegata , leaves variegated with white . P. bifida , sand phlox , prostrate , tufted habit , spiny leaves , heyday pale violet to white , spring , eastern North America . P. divaricata(syn . P. canadensis),6 - 15 inches , dismal - lavender , May , easterly North America . P. douglasii4 inches , lilac , May to August , westerly North America . P.xfrondosa , pinkish , spring , crossbreed . P. kelyseyi,6inches , peak lilac , spring , easterly North America . P. ovata , 1foot , rose , summer , eastern North America . P. pilosa,10 - 20 inch , purplish - rose , summertime , easterly North America . P. x procumbens,6 inch , lilac - blue , June , a hybrid . P. stellaria,6 inches , pale blue sky , April to May , cross . P. stolonifera(syn . P. reptans),6 - 12 inches , stoloniferous habit , flowers violet to lavender , 1 inch across , April to May , easterly North America . P. subulata , moss phlox , 6 in , over-embellished or white , eastern United States .
Border cultivarsP.paniculata isthe border perennial phlox which has given rise to many honorable plants , flowering from July to October , dulcet smell , and very colourful . ‘ Antoine Mercie ’ , cryptical mauve with white centre ; ‘ Border Gem ’ , deep reddish blue ; Brigadier ’ , orange - red ; ‘ Europe ’ , white with red centre ; ‘ Frau Antonin Buchner ’ , livid ; ‘ Jules Sandeau ’ , double-dyed garden pink ; ‘ Le Mandi ’ , rich purple ; ‘ Leo Schlageter ’ , dark red ; Lofna ’ , rose - pink ; Mrs A. Jeans ’ , silver - pink ; Rijnstroon ’ , pink wine - garden pink ; ` Starfine ’ , red ; ‘ Thor ’ , salmon - cherry , Many more will be ground in nurserymen ’s lists .
Alpine cultivarsP. douglasii,‘Boothman ’s Variety ’ , vindicated mauve ; ‘ Eva ’ , pink with deep centres ; ‘ May Snow ’ , white ; Rose Queen ’ , silvery pinkish ; ‘ Snow Queen ’ , snowy ; ‘ Supreme ’ , lavender - blue . P. kelseyi,‘Rosette ’ , stemless pink flowers . P. stolonifera‘Blue Ridge ’ , flabby bluing . P. subulataAppleblossom ’ , pinkish ; Benita ’ , lavender - blue ; ‘ Brilliant ’ , bright rose ; Camla . : , clear pink ; ‘ Fairy ’ , mauve ; ‘ G. F. Wilson ’ , mid - blue ; ‘ example ’ , arise ; ‘ Pink Chintz ’ , pink ; ‘ Sensation ’ , rose - red ; ` Temiseaming ’ , magenta - blood-red ; ‘ The Bride ’ , lily-white .
CultivationThe magniloquent herbaceous phlox demand a moist loam , preferably on the ponderous side . They do perfectly well on calcareous soils , provided these are enriched . Though in the past shadowed position have been open to phloxes and this does not actually belt down them , they do well in sunny position . Plant from October to March , and fertilise liberally thereafter with manure or compost and inorganic fertilizers , as they are devouring feeders . elevation , divide and replant every three years . They are promptly raised from origin cuttings and this has the advantage of providing plant life free from the stem turn eelworm , by which the herbaceous phlox are all too often assail .
Alpine phlox species also like a rich soil , and a sunny ledge on the stone garden or on top of a wall . Many of them may be well increased by layering , or they may be divide into disjoined plant life each possessing root , and this is best done in March . A few of the more dwarf or less vigorous form may be given alpine theater intervention . wintertime wet is their scourge .
Eelworm approach on phlox , by the eel - worm speciesDitylenchus dipsaci , causes bloated and wrinkled leaf , stunted , swollen and split stems and whiptail shoot . The same strain of eelworm will attack gypsophila , oenothera , gladiolus , potato , aubrieta , as well as a number of weed such as mayweed and shepherd ’s pocketbook . Hot water treatment of the dormant stools for one hour at a temperature of 110 ° F ( 43 ° C ) controls the gadfly . The plant must be put back in the uncontaminated soil and infected area should be keep loose of susceptible plant life and smoke for at least three year . It is possible to propagate infested phlox without transmitting eelworm by substance of seed or by true stem cutting .
