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Southern Blaze White Phlox drummondii

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
Mature Size
16" 16" 41cm 41cm
Height: 10" - 16"
Spread: 10" - 16"
Height: 25cm - 41cm
Spread: 25cm - 41cm
  • 10 - 16 Inches
    10 - 12 Inches
    10 - 16 Inches
    25cm - 41cm
    25cm - 30cm
    25cm - 41cm

    Features

    A pollinator-friendly nativar with Texan roots, Southern Blaze White phlox is extremely reliable and easy to grow in southern states due to its outstanding heat and humidity tolerance. It forms a relatively low mound of bright green foliage covered in bright white blooms all summer long.

    Southern Blaze phlox varieties are some of the very best Proven Winners annuals in our Florida trials every year, thriving in both landscapes and containers. They are pollinator magnets. This series was formerly named Intensia®.

    Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
    Long Blooming
    Fall Interest
    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Drought Tolerant
    Attracts: 
    Butterflies
    Native to North America

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    10 - 16 Inches 25cm - 41cm
    Spacing: 
    10 - 12 Inches 25cm - 30cm
    Spread: 
    10 - 16 Inches 25cm - 41cm
    Flower Colors: 
    White
    Flower Shade: 
    Pure White
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Mounded
    Container Role: 
    Filler

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Bloom Time: 
    Planting To Hard Frost
    Hardiness Zones: 
    10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Needs Good Drainage
    Soil Fertility Requirement: 
    Average Soil
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Edging Plant
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses: 
    Mass Planting
    Uses Notes: 

    Great in landscapes with good drainage and in containers of all types.

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Self-cleaning, deadheading not necessary. This is not necessarily true of all Phlox.

    Will do best in well-drained soil.

    Rabbits may find Phlox very tasty.

    An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help ensure the best possible performance.

    Intensia® Phlox are easy to grow in combination containers and sunny landscapes where they’ll play well with other medium vigor varieties. They bloom from late spring through fall on mounding plants that exhibit great disease resistance.

    Southern Blaze White Phlox drummondii 'DPHLOX866' USPP 28,185, Can 5,499
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