Phlox SWEET SUMMER™ 'Purple Bicolor'

I love seeing that even so called old-fashioned plants such as perennial phlox still attract breeders’ attention and they invest time and energy in crossbreeding and selecting new, hardier, healthier, and more beautiful varieties. SWEET SUMMER™ is a great series that proves this fact. In late 2013 there were 10 registered varieties which may not be the final figure.

SWEET SUMMER™ Purple Bicolor is another fascinating panicle phlox variety from the SWEET SUMMER™ series. It bears large panicles of fragrant flowers with rich purple pink eye and 5 petals combining white and purple pink in various depths. It is not only beautiful when blooming, Purple Bicolor phlox boasts with super healthy foliage resistant to powdery mildew, and very long flowering period - even in early autumn when most other perennials begin looking exhausted and worn out, this one stands out like a glowing lighthouse among all the others, offering new and new flowers from large flower heads, and very dark green, lanceolate, healthy leaves and stems.

Growing phlox is easy. It likes almost any garden soil, fertile or poor, but with enough nutrients the flowering will be heavier and the plant will not suffer common phlox diseases. They are long-lived plants that will stay in your garden until you dig them out. Sunny location is preferred but will flower in partial shade, too. Hardy to about -34°C (USDA zone 4).

Last update 27-08-2015