Phlox 'Sherbet Cocktail'
perennial phlox
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: humus-rich, fertile, moist, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: June to August
- Flower colour: white or pale pink with a yellow edge
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Large, tightly packed clusters of yellow buds with chocolate-maroonbracts appear from midsummer, and open to reveal white or palepink petaled flowers, which have a light yellow edge. loveliest low-growing varieties. Try it en-masse towards the front of a sunny border, or underneath deciduous trees at the edge of a woodland. To minimise the incidence of powdery mildew plant in soil that remains moist in summer. - Garden care: Support with bamboo canes, brushwood or ring stakes before the flowers appear. Cut back and compost the faded flower-stems in late autumn. Apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted compost or manure around the base of the plant in early spring.
- Eventual Height: 0.7m
- Eventual Spread: 0.1m