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Phlox drummondii |
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Annual Phlox,
Drummond Phlox, Texas Pride |
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Texas -
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Low spreading mound |
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6-8 inches tall and 12 inches wide |
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Flowers showy, about 1 inch across, in copious
close cymose clusters. Five round-tipped or star-shaped petals
may be white, pink, salmon, purple, yellow and bicolored. |
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Summer to
frost. |
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Lowermost leaves opposite, others alternate,
broad-ovate to oblong and lanceolate, 1-3 inches long. The
leaf apex is acute and mucronate base is narrow or
clasping. |
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Leaf spot, powdery mildew, potato flea beetle and mites are occasional problems. |
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Sun to partial shade in well-drained, moist
soil. |
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- 'Dwarf Early Mix' - Wide color range, compact and early
flowering.
- 'Globe Mixture' - 8 inches, rounded compact plant, very uniform
growth habit, mixed colors.
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Palona Series - Very compact and floriferous selection
with earlier flowers, 6-8 inches tall.
- Petticoat Mix - Mix of
colors on compact plants 6 inches tall.
- 'Twinkle' - 8 inches, smaller star-shaped flower with pointed
petals blooms early and continues well into the summer,
mixed colors.
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