Perennial Phlox 'Famous Pink'

Rosy pink florets aplenty. Wonderfully fragrant with XL flowers and compact, uniform growth. The Famous Series of Phlox offer large, pickable flowers to around 15cm across, in bright colours. The plants have excellent disease resistance and bloom late spring to summer.

Plant Phlox in moderately fertile to humus rich, moist, well drained soil. Choose a position that is sheltered from the hot afternoon sun and with good air circulation.

Phlox grow best in areas with cold winters. In temperate zones make sure you keep the moisture up when they are in active growth.

To prolong the flowering, dead head spent blooms as you go. Or, after the first flush, remove the stems to about a quarter, add some fertiliser and water it in, you will have another bloom season in no time.

Dig and divide every three or four years to keep them vital. They will settle in and gradually multiply. They are good plants to make friends with because their cuttings can be shared.

Botanically, Phlox translates to; 'brightly coloured blooms' and that is definitely a good descriptor for these prolific flowers. Phlox originates in the woodlands of NE North America.