Re: 'Mt. Fuji' Phlox
- Subject: Re: 'Mt. Fuji' Phlox
- From: G*
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 06:55:55 -0400
Hello Nancy,
Normal behavior for Mt. Fuji phlox. We simply take our fingers and pull the
brown film of dried blossoms off as we walk by the plant. I have Delphinium
species (exaltatum) on one side and just planted early blooming Aconitum on the
other side this month. You will find that is a goo increaser, forming a nice
tight and tall clump in good soil. It can get mildew if crowded and lacks good air
circulation and light, but it resistant. Ours is pretty clean now.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Nancy Lowe <nlowe@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: 'Mt. Fuji' Phlox
> I'd like to return to the phlox discussion from a couple of weeks ago. I
> have one Mt.Fuji, it is the only phlox I have ever grown. Once it starts
> blooming, it seems to go on and on (not that I'm complaining, you
> understand!). The first year it was in bloom, the flowers faded and I
> started to deadhead it, only to discover that more flower buds lurked
> beneath the spent flowers. I left it alone to see what it would do, and
> sure enough, it bloomed again on the same flower heads. I believe it did
> that 3 times (I'm watching closely this year to count, it's on number 2
> now.)
>
> My question is: is this the habit of all phlox, just Mt. Fuji, or do I have
> some sort of freak plant? I'm thinking, if this is what they do, I need to
> plant more of these! And, even in our muggy climate, I haven't seen any
> mildew.
>
> Just wondering...
>
> Nancy Lowe
> Arkansas, zone 7, where we're having an unseasonably mild August (low 90's)
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