Phlox paniculata is an erect herbaceousperennial growing to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 100 cm (39 in) wide, with opposite, simpleleaves on slender green stems. The flowers are 1.5–2.5 cm (0.6–1.0 in) in diameter, often strongly fragrant and borne in summer through fall (autumn).[10] The flowers are grouped in panicles (with many branching stems), hence the specific epithetpaniculata.[11] Typical flower colors in wild populations are pink or purple (rarely white).[12]
Pure white wild population
Fruit and seeds
Distribution and habitatedit
Fall phlox is native to parts of the central and eastern United States. It occurs as an introduced species in other parts of the United States,[2] Canada,[9], Europe,[13] and Asia.[13] In the Chicago Region it is questionably native, or native populations may have all been destroyed: "populations in our area appear to be escapes from gardens to nearby woods and waste ground, which no doubt accounts for all collections since 1945".[14]
In its natural range, it grows along streambanks and in moist wooded areas.[5]
Cultivationedit
Phlox paniculata is grown largely for its showy fragrant flowers in high summer. It requires a sheltered spot with full sun or partial shade, in fertile moist soil. Plants may be propagated by division or root cuttings in autumn, or by basal cuttings in spring.[15]
Plants make excellent cut flowers. In hot, dry areas they are sensitive to powdery mildew, and affected stems should be removed immediately.[16]
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Phlox paniculata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team.
^ abWeakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
^ ab"Phlox paniculata in Flora of Missouri @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^Reznicek, A. A.; Voss, E. G.; Walters, B. S., eds. (February 2011). "Phloxpaniculata". Michigan Flora Online. University of Michigan Herbarium. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^Nowick, Elaine (2014). Historical common names of Great Plains plants, with scientific names index. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781609620585.
^ abBrouillet L, Desmet P, Coursol F, Meades SJ, Favreau M, Anions M, Bélisle P, Gendreau C, Shorthouse D, et al. (2010). "Phlox paniculata Linnaeus". Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN). Retrieved 30 August 2020.
^RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
^Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. p. 224. ISBN 9781845337315.
^Yatskievych, George (2013). Flora of Missouri, Volume 3. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 6297.
^Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (1985) [1979]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region. Knopf. p. 697. ISBN 0-394-50432-1.
Bibliographyedit
"How to propagate phlox". Gardeners' World. BBC. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2021.