RE: phlox paniculata

Since we're on the subject...

I have grown blue, white and purple phlox paniculata in several areas of my
garden and they have done well to okay.

I had one plant of a pink phlox which grew and spread the last three years,
but NEVER flowered.  I finally gave up this year and gave it to my mom.  The
bed it was in is a south/west facing bed, at the top of a 3' sloped bed.
There are soaker hoses running through the bed.  Does this phlox need more
moisture/cooler soil than this or did I just get a dud?  I am able to grow
roses in these beds that excel, so the bed can't be too dry.  Can anyone
venture a guess?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marge Talt [m*@clark.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 1:59 AM
> To: 'perennials@mallorn.com'
> Subject: Re: phlox 
> 
> 
> Well, Susan, in the garden a lot of stuff can go wrong.  Hard 
> to hazard a
> guess, so you need to tell us what you have been doing with them.
> 
> What kind of soil...
> What kind of sun/shade 
> What kind of moisture...
> 
> I have found P. stolonifera  more robust than P. divaricata - 
> has spread
> over a much wider area and faster.  Both are growing in 
> similar soil and
> shade conditions in an area that can get pretty dry in summer when it
> doesn't rain, even with watering.  Soil is native clay amended.
> 
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
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> ----------
> > From: Saxton, Susan <SSaxton@Schwabe.com>
> > Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 12:41 PM
> > 
> > I have tried to grow these plants a couple of different times.  What
> could I
> > be doing wrong?  I always lose them.	
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: LONDE@aol.com [L*@aol.com]
> > > Subject: Spring Bloom
> > > 
> > > 
> > > In a message dated 99-10-30 00:08:18 EDT, Nancy wrote:
> > > 
> > > << No one has mentioned my favorite- the phlox.  I have Phlox 
> > > divaricata...
> 
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