This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen! As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 1 years.
Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 3 feet apart. It has no significant negative characteristics.Ĭloudburst Phlox is recommended for the following landscape applications Ĭloudburst Phlox will grow to be about 24 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter.
Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage. Its small narrow leaves remain green in color throughout the season.Ĭloudburst Phlox is an herbaceous perennial with a mounded form. 88 to 1.2 dry liters in volumeġ.0 to 1.3 dry quarts / 1.1 to 1.41 dry liters in volumeġ.1 to 2.1 dry quarts / 1.2 to 2.3 dry liters in volumeġ.7 to 2.3 dry quart / 1.87 to 2.53 dry liters in volumeĢ.26 to 3.73 dry quarts / 2.49 to 4.11 dry liters in volumeģ.5 to 4.3 dry quarts / 3.85 to 4.74 dry liters in volumeġ.19 to 1.76 dry gallons / 5.24 to 7.75 dry liters in volumeĢ.32 to 2.76 dry gallons / 10.22 to 12.16 dry liters in volumeĢ.92 to 4.62 dry gallons / 12.86 to 20.35 dry liters in volumeĥ.98 to 6.08 dry gallons / 26.34 to 26.An early blooming phlox with a broad, mounding, billowy habit lavender-purple flowers have bright pink eyes blooms profusely all summer long great for borders or in containers foliage is disease resistantĬloudburst Phlox features showy lavender star-shaped flowers with hot pink eyes at the ends of the stems from early to late summer, which emerge from distinctive deep purple flower buds. 96 dry liter in volumeġ.4 dry quarts / 1.59 dry liters in volumeġ.89 of a dry quart / 2.08 dry liters in volume Keep in mind, specific varieties and different growing conditions can affect the rate at which plants grow. It will bloom all summer, right up to the first frost sometimes.īuy several from us and make your own memories. It would look great on a hillside if you have one, but if not, it looks equally good in a mixed bed or border, massed under a tree, or even in a container where it demands to be examined up close. It has a mounding but billowy habit, so it looks both wild and structured at the same time. It is an early bloomer and blooms for a long season. The lavender purple flowers have an enchanting hot pink eye, too, and it just makes the colors appear richer.īut, it still has the same romantic effect that makes you want to run up to it and pick a small bouquet. It also has better form and a more saturated lavender purple color that doesn't fade. This new phlox hybrid is superior to old garden phlox in both performance and disease resistance. We told her, of course there were.but now they're even better! She wanted to know if there were still phlox like that around. She would gather little multi-colored bouquets to take to her Sunday school teacher and her mom and her grandma. A customer was sharing her childhood memories with us of when she would run up the hill behind her church in her Sunday best and pick the phlox that grew wild all along the hillside.