PHLOX have been favorites in American gardens for well over 100 years. It's not hard to see why. They are long blooming, hardy and long-lived, easy of culture, often fragrant and never need staking. They come in a range of heights from two to five feet, and produce huge billows of bloom in mid-late summer, in a range of colors from pure white to red, with nearly every shade of pink, lavender, salmon and purple in between. They grow happily in most parts of the country and, properly planted and sited, they are largely pest and disease free, and provide decades of bloom - the perfect perennial!

I have upwards of twenty varieties of PHLOX paniculata in my gardens and while the vivid red one I grow is probably my favorite I always look forward to this little white one (var.- 'David') blossoming. Without a doubt, it is the most aromatic of all the varieties I grow; it is the earliest to bloom and it lives right next to a huge bed of hot, very red MONARDA (aka- 'Bee Balm') .....both beds right in front of the wood shed. So when it comes time to start stacking the next season's wood I have something that not only smells wonderful but looks just as marvelous.