Phlox maculata 'Alpha'
Meadow Phlox 'Alpha'
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. 'Alpha' is an erect herbaceous perennial to 90cm tall, with narrow, smooth leaves and cylindrical panicles of fragrant, rounded lilac-pink flowers 2.5cm wide in early summer
Contributed by @dodehyderangea
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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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Moist and free draining
Common name
Meadow Phlox 'Alpha'
Latin name
Phlox maculata 'Alpha'
type
Herbacious Annual or perennial
family
Polemoniaceae
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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
Moist and 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
0.75 M
0.90 M
Phlox maculata 'Alpha'
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. 'Alpha' is an erect herbaceous perennial to 90cm tall, with narrow, smooth leaves and cylindrical panicles of fragrant, rounded lilac-pink flowers 2.5cm wide in early summer
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.
Propagation by Division
From Mid Autumn TO Mid Autumn
Using a fork dig up the plant, try to keep the root ball as complete as possible. Split the root ball at the centre with a sharp knife or a spade. Replant the plants to the same depth as the original and keep well watered until established.
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Late Summer
Phlox have a long flowering season through Summer. Depending on the variety, they flower from early Summer right through to late Summer
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