Phlox, Garden Phlox 'Jeana'

I love this phlox and so do the pollinators. My jeana phlox gets no powdery mildew. It's in full sun and partial shade and surrounded by ...Read Moreclosely planted plants. I have a US native/ US native cultivar heavy prairie style pollinator garden. This phlox fits in much better then the cultivars bred for giant panicles of flowers. I have those too but in a more traditional border. This phlox I tuck in all over the place. The color pink of jeana phlox goes well with most other flower colors. I grow in loamy soil with no spray or added fertilizers. I did apply compost at planting and it thrives. I give a little supplemental watering.

This is said to be the most resistant to powdery mildew of any of the cultivars.

The individual flowers are tiny, half an ...Read Moreinch across, less than half the size of the species. I don't care for the look, but that's a matter of individual taste. Some may feel that this cultivar makes up for the small size of the flowers by an increase in their number.

Because this cultivar is sterile, it keeps pushing out blooms for longer than usual.

Stems are stout and leaves have more substance than usual.

Found growing in the wild near Knoxville, TN by Jeana Pruitt.

This phlox can get quite tall - a good 4'. It's sterile, so it has a VERY long blooming season and, for some reason, is preferred by but...Read Moreterflies over other phlox or other butterfly favorites planted right alongside. VERY disease resistant - in fact, no disease at all in my experience.

PHLOX Paniculata Jeana - Tall - Plant 20" apart. zone 4-8. Very floriferous, the mauve-pink heads are tennis ball size. Very long bloomin...Read Moreg, disease resistant, and colorful. 3-4'.