Phlox adsurgens 'Wagon Wheels'
Mountain Phlox
Phlox may be annuals or perennials, mat-forming or erect. All have abundant, colourful flowers, each has a tube opening into five petals and often with a contrasting colour at the throat. Some border perennials are vulnerable to mildew. The annuals are usually trouble free. Phlox 'Wagon Wheels' is a neat, mat forming evergreen with small dark green leaves. It bears salmon pink flowers, the petals of which look like the spokes or a wheel.
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Partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Mountain Phlox
Latin name
Phlox adsurgens 'Wagon Wheels'
type
Herbaceous Perennials
family
Polemoniaceae
ph
5.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.30 M
Phlox adsurgens 'Wagon Wheels'
Phlox may be annuals or perennials, mat-forming or erect. All have abundant, colourful flowers, each has a tube opening into five petals and often with a contrasting colour at the throat. Some border perennials are vulnerable to mildew. The annuals are usually trouble free. Phlox 'Wagon Wheels' is a neat, mat forming evergreen with small dark green leaves. It bears salmon pink flowers, the petals of which look like the spokes or a wheel.
Flowering Season
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Flowering season.
Plant container plants
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant container plants in a sunny position.
Propagation by Root cutting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Carefully lift the plant out of the ground, do not to damage its roots. Rinse the roots in water to remove all soil. With a sharp knife, take off 5cm lengths of pencil thin roots. Fill pots with compost to which grit has been added, lay the cuttings, spaced out, on top. Cover with a thin layer of compost. Water well, label pots and place in a in a cold frame or somewhere cool indoors. Replant the parent plant.
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