Flame® Purple Garden Phlox Plant

If you are looking for a compact phlox that delivers on the color front, check out the Phlox Flame® Purple. Naturally dwarf and compact with large clusters of rich purple flowers with a small darker eye, this little phlox has a lovely uniformity that will impress you in containers, window boxes or the middle of the border. Use it for pollinator gardens, perennial borders or cottage gardens. Disease resistant with a bushy habit and fragrant blooms, the simple phlox just got better. Known to attract butterflies and bees. Deer and rabbits tend to overlook phlox while grazing.

Phlox Companion Plants: Aster, Echinacea, Eupatorium, Fuchsia, Geranium, Salvia

Flame® Purple Garden Tall Phlox Plant Care Instructions: Keep the plant well-watered for the first 3-4 weeks. For continuous flowering keep the soil most, 2-3 inches of mulch will help. Early spring a great time to add fertilizer, another application can be applied in June. Tall phlox should have their tips trimmed back once the stems have grown about 6 inches in early spring. After the first hard frost they can be trimmed back to the ground.