You can often admire phlox in cottage gardens. It delights the viewer with its abundance of flowers and colors for almost the whole summer. In addition to the well-known old varieties, there are now numerous new breeds that are much more resistant to diseases.
Late flowering phlox likes it sunny
The right place for your phlox
Most phlox varieties like well-drained, slightly loamy soil. While some varieties do not tolerate the blazing sun, other species, such as the meadow phlox, like them very much. High-growing varieties such as Phlox amplifolia, which can easily grow to more than a meter tall, require quite a lot of nutrients. On poor soils, they need to be fertilized regularly, preferably with well-rotted compost or manure.
If you are looking for a plant for your rock garden, you can also find it in the phlox. Some creeping varieties, such as the carpet phlox or cushion phlox, tend to grow in width rather than in height. These ground covers prefer light, sandy soil. They also tolerate a longer dry period quite well, require only a few nutrients and can stand in the blazing sun.
The species wood phlox (Phlox divaricata) and wandering phlox (Phlox stolonifera) are suitable for a partially shaded location or for planting under trees. Both do not grow higher than about 30 cm. The slightly shorter Phlox stolonifera flowers in May and June, when the Phlox divaricata has almost faded.
What Phlox particularly likes:
- full sun for late flowering varieties
- Partial shade for early flowering varieties
- windbreak
- permeable soil
- Compost or stable manure, well rotted
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Phlox is so versatile that you can find a suitable variety for almost every location, from groundcover to tall perennial.