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Title: Phlox?
Post by: Rosa_Mundi on August 22, 2006, 21:15:22

Can anyone give me a firm ID for this, please? It was bought dormant as a rudbeckia!!!
(http://i8.tinypic.com/259z8t3.jpg)

Title: Re: Phlox?
Post by: Rosa_Mundi on August 22, 2006, 21:17:35

Oh, and the flowers are rather redder than this picture - the light was poor at the time.

Title: Re: Phlox?
Post by: nepeta on August 23, 2006, 09:26:59

Yes definitely a Phlox of some sort not Rudbekia!

Title: Re: Phlox?
Post by: Palustris on August 23, 2006, 09:50:43

Agreed, one of the Phlox paniculata forms.

Title: Re: Phlox?
Post by: froglets on August 23, 2006, 13:34:38

Looks healthy - my phlox have been scorched and now mildew'd.

Title: Re: Phlox?
Post by: Rosa_Mundi on August 23, 2006, 20:40:25

Thanks, Palustris - will follow that route in searching further.
Froglets - it was put into a pot in spring and left in a semi-shaded spot - very little attention at all. It's presumably quite a tough variety.

Title: Re: Phlox?
Post by: laurieuk on August 24, 2006, 15:23:30

Cold be Phlox Lilac Time but there are many varieties.

Title: Re: Phlox?
Post by: Rosa_Mundi on August 24, 2006, 16:35:24

Thanks, Laurie - the flowers and leaves are very close, but the flowers are actually quite red - the picture was taken by flash late in the day. I did wonder about "Red Riding Hood", but can't find a picture anywhere online.

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