| Description | A cultivar of the Meadow Phlox with raspberry and pink florets. Has good natural resistance to powdery mildew. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full to part sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, needs more moisture in the hot sun |
| Flowers | Each petal of the floret has a raspberry pink center stripe surrounded by white. Together the 5 petals create a pin wheel effect. Borne on an inflorescence called a panicle. |
| Leaves | glossy green, lanceolate |
| Dimensions | 2 feet tall, clump forming |
| 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 | division |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered at the Central Botanical Gardens of Belarus by Luc Klinghamer. |
| Misc Facts | Also called Wild Sweet Williams. Phlox is derived for some authorities from either Greek-phlox (flame) or phlego (burn) components, and was used by the Greeks for a flame-coloured flower that has never been identified (www.plantlives.com) |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage), #145-Plant Lives, (Sue Eland) www.plantlives.com |
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