About this cultivar:

Phlox douglasii ‘Red Admiral’ is a wonderful evergreen plant (like all Phlox douglasii). Neat and compact, so ideal for troughs and those special places. The almost-red flowers (ignore the name…) are freely produced and can smother the plant leaves.

In 1993 it was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (RHS AGM).

• Position: Full sun, partial shade
• Soil: Almost any soil, grows well in Ballyrobert
• Flowers: April, May, June, July, August
• Other features: Bees and Butterflies, Great Ground Cover, Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (RHS AGM)
• Hardiness: H6 – Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15C), Fully hardy – grows well in Ballyrobert
• Habit: Mat forming, Trailing
• Foliage: Evergreen
• Height: 5 – 15 cm (0.2 – 0.5 ft)
• Spread: 0.5 – 180 cm (0.5 – 6 ft)
• Time to full growth: 2 to 5 years
• Plant type: Herbaceous Perennial, Alpine or Rockery
• Colour: Green, pink
• Goes well with: Many – but we love Roses, Grasses, and Astilbe

About this genus:

Phlox gets its name from the Greek for flame. It is a genus of 67 species of perennial and annual plants in the Jacob’s Ladder family (Polemoniaceae). They are found mostly in North America (one in Siberia) in diverse habitats from alpine tundra to open woodland and prairie. Some flower in spring, others in summer and autumn. Flowers may be pale blue, violet, pink, bright red, or white. Many are fragrant. Some species such as P. paniculata (Garden Phlox) grow upright, while others such as P. subulata (Moss Phlox, Moss Pink, Mountain Phlox) grow short and matlike. A variable genus!

All the Phlox we have to sell, like all our plants, have been grown and trialed in our own garden. We’ve found them to be unfussy – full sun to part shade and almost any non-waterlogged soil should be fine.

Combinations are many – but we love Roses, Grasses, and Astilbe.