Phlox paniculata ADESSA™ 'Rose Eye'

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. ADESSA™ is another series of the new millennium offering healthy plants with attractive flower colours and bushy habit.

ADESSA™ Rose Eye phlox is a variety with light purple pink flowers with a small, deep purple red eye in the centre. They are fragrant and attract butterflies. Blooming begins usually in mid July and if you remove stems with spent flowers they can produce new stems with flowers until September or early October. The leaves are lance-shaped, medium green, and disease resistant.

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 28-12-2016