Wild Sweet William
Phlox divaricata 'London Grove Blue'
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Sweetly fragrant, these flowers call all butterflies to visit your garden!
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Carefree Blooms Twice a Year
A lovely groundcover for any partly shaded spot.
One of the purest joys of spring is Woodland Phlox, a native groundcover that blooms freely early in the season, with a sweet fragrance that can make you swoon. A plant to be grown by the dozen, Wild Sweet William often repeats in early summer, and offers fresh foliage year-round, with a burgundy cast to brighten the winter months. Just 8 to 10 inches high, this plant sets its starry 1-inch blooms above the spring-green foliage in big 5-inch clusters. These blooms are a bit larger than those of other P. divaricata varieties, star-shaped with widely-spaced petals of soft lavender around a tiny dark red eye. They are marvelously fragrant -- the sort of scent you'd like to roll in! -- and are butterfly magnets, bringing the first winged guests of the season into the garden. Cut the plant back after the flowers pass and you may be rewarded with a second, just as intense, flowering in early summer! Wild Sweet William spreads up to 2 feet wide over several seasons. It's actually quite compact, so the foliage tends to be dense and uniform, not rangy or spotty as in older varieties. It is wonderfully mildew-resistant, another huge advantage over both the species and older cultivars. It grows and flowers best in organically enriched, well-drained soil, and it appreciates a summer mulch to keep from drying out. Hardy from one end of the country to the other, it puts on a fine show in winter, when its leaves turn a vivid shade of burgundy and remain that way for many weeks! Zones 3-9.
4-inch Pot Item # 41310
Wild Sweet William
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Friday, December 05
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41310
Wild Sweet William
Botanical Name:
Phlox
divaricata
'London Grove Blue'
Shipping:
Ships Spring 2009
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Growing Zones:
Zones 3 - 9
Sun Exposure:
Part Shade
Soil Moisture:
Moist, well-drained
Soil Types/Tolerance:
Normal, loamy
Ship Form:
4-inch Pot
Product Category:
Perennials
Plants
Bloom Color:
Dark Red
Light Lavender
Bloom Size:
1 in
Bloom Season:
Mid Spring
to Early Summer
Foliage Color:
Medium Green
Plant Habit:
Compact
Uses:
Foliage Interest
Ground Cover
Border
Containers
Additional Features:
Easy Care Plants
Butterfly Lovers
Bloom First Year
Repeat Bloomer
Free Bloomer
Evergreen
Season Extenders
Fragrance
Special Resistance:
Powdery Mildew
Pest Resistant
Cold Hardy
Heat Tolerant
Disease Resistant
Plant Width:
24 in
Plant Height:
8 in
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10 in
Cannot Ship To:
CAN, HI, PR
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