Phlox douglasii 'Boothmans Variety'
Douglas phlox
Original: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 Boothman's Variety is a mat forming perennial with tiny needle shaped dark green foliage. It bears masses of small pink-purple flowers. New:A low-growing phlox which forms a carpet-like mat that is suitable for rockeries or edging. The moss-like foliage is covered with a mass of flowers in Spring and sometimes a second flush in late Summer.
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Douglas phlox
Latin name
Phlox douglasii 'Boothmans Variety'
type
Evergreen Perennials
family
Polemoniaceae
ph
5.6 - 7.8 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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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
1.80 M
0.15 M
Phlox douglasii 'Boothmans Variety'
Original: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 Boothman's Variety is a mat forming perennial with tiny needle shaped dark green foliage. It bears masses of small pink-purple flowers. New:A low-growing phlox which forms a carpet-like mat that is suitable for rockeries or edging. The moss-like foliage is covered with a mass of flowers in Spring and sometimes a second flush in late Summer.
Flowering Season
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Flowering season from late spring to early summer.
Plant container plants
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant container plants in a sunny position.
Propagation by Softwood Cuttings
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.
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