{"id":4344,"date":"2009-11-24T06:27:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T13:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4344"},"modified":"2013-11-12T02:32:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T09:32:50","slug":"scented-phlox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/scented-phlox\/","title":{"rendered":"Scented Phlox Give Gardens Aroma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the flower that groups of people look at and sheep meet in ?  Well it has to be Phlox and in this case the perennial Phlox paniculata.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2504\/3747117238_4bd1504313.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Variety Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only 3 feet tall but the pure white Phlox of Mount Fuji earns its AGM. the flaring petals open out from twisted buds to form clusters of flat white scented flowers.<\/li>\n<li>Another AGM winner is Bright Eyes with pale pink flowers having a deeper red centre. The foliage may take on the red tinge during summer and it grows to about 4 feet tall.<\/li>\n<li>Phlox paniculata &#8216;Dodo Hanbury-Forbes&#8217; AGM  just for its name or Blue Ice or Blue Paradise to balance up the colour scheme.<\/li>\n<li>Alpine phlox can also be strongly scented try <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14810\">Pholx divaricata<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Other Phlox Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phlox are easy to grow but some varieties may suffer from mildew. Bright Eyes is resistant.<\/li>\n<li>Phlox paniculata are a clump forming member of the Phlox family.<\/li>\n<li>Cut down the old stems in winter and give the plants a mulch.<\/li>\n<li>Phlox will flower in some shade but prefer and smell best in full sun.<\/li>\n<li>Phlox Tiara is a new double white flower<\/li>\n<li>Phlox from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=phlox\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0881929344\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/0881929344.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n Phlox: A Natural History and Gardener&#8217;s Guide<a href=\" http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0881929344\/richardpettin-21\"> by James H. Locklear <\/a><br \/>\nRead more about how to grow <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11705\">Annual Phlox<\/a><br \/>\nPhlox deserves to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/perfect-perennial-plants\/ \">perennial favourite<\/a><br \/>\nTo achieve the pinnacle for Phlox <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=14432\">see more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the flower that groups of people look at and sheep meet in ? Well it has to be Phlox and in this case the perennial Phlox paniculata. Top Variety Tips Only 3 feet tall but the pure white Phlox of Mount Fuji earns its AGM. the flaring petals open out from twisted buds to form clusters of flat white scented flowers. Another AGM winner is Bright Eyes with pale pink flowers having a deeper red centre. The foliage&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/scented-phlox\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[65,99],"class_list":["post-4344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","tag-perennial","tag-scent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}