| Description | Jeana Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata) is a long flowering tall garden Phlox. Has lavender pink fragrant flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (ploks)(pa-nic-ew-LAH-ta) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | full is best |
| Moisture | average to moist, tolerates some dryness when established |
| Soil & Site | aveage |
| Flowers | lavender pink, borne on a terminal cluster (panicle), called trusses, fragrant, blooms from the end of July through early September in my garden |
| Leaves | narrow, opposite, pointed, lance-shaped, good mildew resistance |
| Dimensions | 4-5 by 2-3 feet, in the summer of 2018 it was very moist and my plants made 5 plus feet, usually 4ish |
| Maintenance | grow plants where there is good air circulation to help avoid an onset of mildew, water early to allow the foliage to dry, water at the base when possible, dead head to promote more flowers and to prevent volunteer seedlings, the seedling will not be true to the cultivar type and usually are a magenta color, if needed spray with a fungicide |
| Propagation | stem cuttings, root cuttings, easy by division in the spring will not come true by seed |
| Native Site | Tennessee |
| Cultivar Origin | Jeana Prewitt discovered along the Harpeth River in Nashville, Tennessee |
| Misc Facts | Genus name of Phlox is derived from the Greek word for flame. |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #203- North Creek Nursery (www.northcreeknurseries.com) |
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