Phlox 'Blue Paradise'

COMMON NAME:Blue Paradise Garden Phlox

BOTANICAL NAME:Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise'

PLANT TYPE:PERENNIAL

SUN EXPOSURE:Full Sun

BLOOM TIME:Summer

AVERAGE SIZE:36-40" x 18-24" (90-100cm x 45-60cm)

COLD HARDINESS:-30°F to -20°F / -34°C à -29°C (USDA Zone 4)

DESCRIPTION:Upright-growing garden perennial prized for its showy, fragrant trusses of violet-blue flowers that bloom atop stiff, upright stems in summer. Blooms open deep blue, taking on purplish shades during midday heat, then revert to their original colour in the evening.

Photo: Courtesy of Maple Leaf Nurseries