Phlox paniculata

The High Perennial phlox (Phlox paniculata ) is a plant of the genus Phlox (Phlox ) in the family of locking cabbage family ( Polemoniaceae ).

Features

The High Perennial phlox is a perennial herbaceous plant with a rhizome, which reaches heights of growth from 50 to 120 centimeters. The stalk is not spotted. On undersides of the leaves, the lateral nerves are clearly visible. The leaf margin is ciliate.

The form of the inflorescence is spherical, conical, conical, cylindrical or pyramidal. The corolla tube is externally hairy.

The flowering period extends from June to September.

Occurrence

The High perennial phlox comes in warm to temperate eastern North America in open woods and along rivers before.

Use

The High Perennial phlox is widely used as an ornamental plant in borders and perennial beds, as well as used as a cut flower. His first secure evidence in Europe comes from Dillenius, who described it in 1732 in his Hortus Elthamensis and abbildete. In Germany, it is the first time in 1765 detected in the Botanical Garden of Greifswald. Since the 19th century, numerous varieties, differing in plant height, flower color and flowering time arose.