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Phlox Sweet Summer Mix will fill your garden with clouds of lavish blooms and a sweet scent during those hazy warm summer days. Phlox paniculata produce large, showy flowerheads over neat, upright clumps of foliage throughout the summer and often again in October; whilst releasing clouds of gentle sweet fragrance. Plant near a door, window, or path and you will fully enjoy the sweet scent. Much loved by your pollinating friends, the nectar-rich blooms bring bees and butterflies into your garden. Phlox have been a firm favourite in summer gardens for many years.Phlox Sweet summer mix is easy to grow, low maintenance, and happy grown in borders and containers. Being slug resistant and tolerant of most soil conditions in sun or part shade they will grow to an approximate height of 40-80cm and spread 45-60cm. A fully hardy perennial that can be left outside over winter where it will sprout again in the spring for you to enjoy for years to come.
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Key Information
Latin Name | Phlox paniculata Sweet Summer Mix Bare Root |
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Common Name | Garden Phlox |
Hardiness | H5 (-10 to -15°C) |
Format | Bare Roots |
Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun |
Foliage | Deciduous |
Height in Maturity (m) | 0.80 m |
Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.60 |
Soil Conditions | Chalk Clay Loam |
Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral |
Aspect | East-facing, South-facing, West-facing |
Scented | Yes |
Good for pots | Yes |
Good for wildlife | Yes |
Good for pollinators | Yes |
Good for cutting | Yes |