Perennial Phlox

Other names

Garden Phlox

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Not Native to the Finger Lakes Region

Biocultural value

Mounds of softly perfumed white flowers bloom in profusion from mid-summer to early fall.

Location

Mundy Wildflower Garden, Houston and Grossman Ponds, Bioswale Garden, Groundcover Collection, Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Klyn Nurseries, Bluemount Nurseries

Description

Flowers bright, clear white, borne in large heads; plants with sturdy stems and heavy foliage; may be a tetraploid. Observations up to this date indicate it to be resistant to mildew. Chance seedling discovered by Richard A. Simon, owner of Bluemount Nurseries in the parking lot of the Brandywine Nature Conservancy (Wyeth Museum), Chadd's Ford, PA in 1987. The plant was growing among a mixture of native woody and herbaceous plants in the planting bed between the two parking lots; the large size of the flower head and its bright white color caught Mr. Simon's eye and he asked F.M. Mooberry, the Conservancy's Director about the plant. F.M. indicated that the plant had not been intentionally planted and Simon assumes it was a chance seedling brought in by birds or wind from a nearby garden. See "Perennial Plants"(PPA quarterly) Autumn 2001 for a detailed article on 'David'.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

disease resistance, fragrance