PHLOX paniculata Purple Eye Flame AGM PBR
Medium
Part shade
Sun
Purple
White
Moisture retentive soil
Reasonable soil
Summer
RHS Award of Garden Merit
Pollinator friendly
Description
Phlox paniculata Purple Eye Flame ('Barthirtythree'PBR) (Flame Series)
Height x Spread: 60cm x 50cm
This herbaceous perennial is a magnet for bees, butterflies and moths due to its nectar rich flowers. Its compact and bushy habit make it perfect for the front or middle of a bed or border. Mid green, lance shaped leaves on upright stems are topped, in late summer, by heads of scented purple flowers with an attractive white eye.
Originating in the USA, this plant is suited to any soil type as long as it is moist but well drained and in a sunny or part sun position. Phlox should be deadheaded regularly to encourage the development of new flowers.
Ideal for wildlife, cottage and courtyard gardens and can happily be grown in pots of containers. It also makes a splendid cut flower.
Good companion plants include shorter grasses like Stipa tenuissima also Gaillardia, Coreopsis, Achillea, Ageratina, Sidalcea and Selinum.
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COREOPSIS verticillata 'Moonbeam'
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AGERATINA altissima Lucky Symphony ('Allsympho')
Beautiful clusters of small pale pink flowers on dark stems. An elegant plant in late Summer/ Autumn, it's a fantastic cut flower.
STIPA tenuissima
Commonly known as 'Mexican Feather Grass', this tidy but compact form, produces a dense fountain of very narrow leaves.
GAILLARDIA x grandiflora 'Dazzler'
Traditional flower form and colour of these North American plants known as blanket flower. Available for Mail Order from April - August