Annuals & Biennials

Phlox
annual phlox

- Height 4-20 in (10-50 cm)
- Planting distance 9 in (23 cm)
- Flowers midsummer to early fall; spring in South and Southwest
- Fertile, well-drained soil
- Open, sunny site
- Half-hardy annual

Annual phlox (Phlox drummondii) is a traditional bedding plant. Its compact bushy plants and brightly colored flowers make attractive edging for formal beds. The red, mauve, pink, and white flowers are borne in tightly clustered round heads. Each flower has a contrasting color around its eye. These profuse flowers steal the show from the light green lance-shaped leaves. Phlox blooms from midsummer until early fall in the northern and central section of the United States, and in the spring in the South and Southwest. Deadheading will extend the season.

Popular species and cultivars
The following are available as seed.
'Beauty Hybrids' are just 6 in (15 cm) high with large clear red, pink, mauve, and white blooms.
'Brilliant' grows to a height of 20 in (50 cm), bearing white and rose-colored flowers.
'Large Flowered Mixed' is a tall cultivar 1 ft (30 cm) high with large blooms in mixed colors.
'Petticoat Hybrids' grow only 4 in (10 cm) high, but are smothered with a mass of small flowers in shades of white, pink, red, violet, and lavender, often bicolored.
'Twinkle Hybrids' have starlike flowers in mixed colors. These dwarf plants grow to 6 in (15 cm).

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