Garden Phlox 'Starfire' (Phlox paniculata)

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Wandasflowers Cedar Rapids, IA(Zone 5a) Sep 22, 2003

Common name: Garden Phlox 'Starfire'
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Phlox
Species paniculata

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/51617/

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NoH2O Everson, WA(Zone 8a) Sep 23, 2003

Have you had much luck with 'Starfire'? I have tried it in several different spots and it never amounts to much. My other phlox go gangbusters but not this one.....

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Wandasflowers Cedar Rapids, IA(Zone 5a) Sep 25, 2003

Can't tell yet. All the phlox I put in this spring were slow first because of the cold & rain. Then the extreme heat & drought lasted for 2 months. All of them are stunted--so were the new Orientals I put in last fall. Even my established old pinks and White Davids were only 3 foot tall this year. nice big heads, just short. On the other hand, no rust on any otf them this year.

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NoH2O Everson, WA(Zone 8a) Sep 25, 2003

The rest of my phlox got 4-5 feet tall as usual but they all had powdery mildew. Most of my plants got powdery mildew this year. Heck, I think I got powdery mildew this year....there was so much rain.

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Wandasflowers Cedar Rapids, IA(Zone 5a) Sep 26, 2003

Yeah, you got our share of rain. Mine had no mildew at all- do you think the 2 month drought was a factor?? But stunted. The drought was broken by an all day rain--3.5 inches all soaked in. My phlox are blooming better now than they did all summer.

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NoH2O Everson, WA(Zone 8a) Sep 29, 2003

Wanda we got over 11" in August (new record), over 7" so far in September (second wettest Sept. in history) and are more than 12" over for the year, not to mention all the other wet months in 2003. I think we got your rain and somebody else's too.

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Wandasflowers Cedar Rapids, IA(Zone 5a) Sep 30, 2003

Well, I guess you can have a pond about anywhere in Ohio now, huh? You need to change your name--maybe it's your fault! God loves a good joke! LOL

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NoH2O Everson, WA(Zone 8a) Sep 30, 2003

I guess I could change it to 2MuchH2O but I don't want to tempt fate....my neighbor says things even out over time which he says means we have a monster drought coming.

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Wandasflowers Cedar Rapids, IA(Zone 5a) Oct 02, 2003

Sounds like Iowa. Same average precipitation each year. If we have a drought in the summer, get the snow shovel out!!!

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