Fashionably Early Crystal Garden Phlox

Phlox 'Fashionably Early Crystal'

Walters Gardens
Fashionably Early Series

$27.00

An early starting variety, producing blooms of fragrant pure white flowers with pale purple centers; tall plants are suitable for the middle or back of borders, for a long season of color; thick, glossy green foliage has excellent mildew resistance

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Features and Growing Tips

Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.

Landscape Qualities

Fashionably Early Crystal Garden Phlox is a dense herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden | but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

Ornamental Qualities

Fashionably Early Crystal Garden Phlox features bold clusters of fragrant white round flowers with lilac purple centers at the ends of the stems from early to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive large glossy narrow leaves remain emerald green in color throughout the season.

Planting and Growing

Fashionably Early Crystal Garden Phlox will grow to be about 28 inches tall at maturity | with a spread of 26 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant | individual plants should be spaced approximately 24 inches apart. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial | this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter | and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen!

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions | but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however | as a cultivated variety | be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Plant Facts

Prefers full sun to partial shade

Keep moisture level average to moist

Mature Size 32"Hx26"W

Cutflower Favorite

Flowers are white with strong fragrance

Flowers from early to late summer

Attracts butterflies; hummingbirds

Zone 4a

Likes well drained soil