Phlox are plants that are distinguished by their attractive appearance and ease of care. Due to the wide selection of flower shades and petal shapes, each gardener can create his own unique flower arrangement. At the same time, caring for phlox is completely easy.
Description and varieties
Phlox is distinguished by the presence of colorful flowers. Among the variety of shades, they can be blue, white, red or pink. In addition, each type of plant differs in the shape of its leaves and petals. So before choosing one or another variety, you need to familiarize yourself with the characteristics of each.
Paniculate
This variety is considered the most widespread today. It can be seen on almost any personal plot. The panicled phlox received this name due to its flower stalks. They are collected in inflorescences that resemble panicles. Each crop variety has its own growth pattern. It can range from 40 to 1.5 m.
Paniculate
Paniculata culture has the appearance of a bush, on the top of which there is a cap of inflorescences. Their color can be very different, but except for yellow. Shoots of paniculata can be found in your flowerbed immediately after the snow has melted. Every year the number of plant stems increases. In June, their growth stops, and flowers form at the top.
From July to September the bush will be strewn with bright flowers. This period lasts 45 days. When the flower stalks have formed seeds, the paniculate phlox begins to slowly dry out, and by winter the stems die off.
When choosing seeds for planting, you need to take into account the height of the bush, the color of the flowers and the shape of the petals. The latter can be smooth, corrugated and wavy.
For those who love bright flowers, you need to purchase the following varieties:
If you like flowers of soft colors, then excellent option The following varieties will be available for you:
In addition, phlox of such varieties as Albatross or Snow White can decorate any flowerbed. All presented varieties of crops are decorated with monochromatic flowers. Today, paniculate phloxes can have inflorescences that combine several shades at once:
Subulate
All varieties of this crop are distinguished by sharp and narrow leaves. Subulate Phlox counts ground cover plant. The height of its bushes reaches no more than 10-15 cm. If you choose a plant with a recumbent stem, it will resemble a path of blooming clover. This phlox has inflorescences containing 6-7 flowers.
Subulate
The awl-shaped culture blooms profusely. Sometimes the bush is literally covered with flowers that it is simply impossible to see the green mass through them. The next feature of the culture is the flowering period. Phlox blooms for the first time in May-June, and the second time in August-September. Peduncles can take on various shades, including white, blue, lilac and pink.
Also, the flower stalks may not be monochromatic. You can often notice spots, edging or stripes of other colors on them. The awl-shaped phlox is a winter-hardy plant that is not afraid of even severe frosts.
Spread
This is another variety of perennial. Its inflorescences have a wide palette of shades. But only the period of its flowering does not last long. It is only 20-30 days. won't cause you much trouble.
Spread
Drummond
This plant is the only annual. During flowering, the bush looks so beautiful that it can compete with its perennial brothers. Drummond is characterized by such forms as star-shaped, dwarf and tetraploid. The stems of the crop have numerous branches, as a result of which the plant has a rather lush appearance. takes place in March.
Drummond
Peduncles are distinguished by their delicate aroma, shape and color scheme. In the flowerbed you can plant plants with lilac, pink, blue and white flowers. - This is the only species that blooms from July to October.
Anna Kalugina
Anna Kalugina is a famous collector who collects different varieties plants, grows phloxes and selects them. All the crops bred by her are distinguished by their resistance to external conditions, beauty and density of inflorescences. Varieties such as Viy, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Blue Patterns are considered quite popular.
Flowers of Anna Kalugina
Among the new varieties, Stargazer, Lavender Dream and Blue Whirlwind remain promising.
But what hairy Rudbeckia looks like, and in which part of the garden it should be planted, is described in great detail in this
How and when to plant
In order for phlox to delight you with its abundant flowering, it is necessary to properly plant the seeds and subsequently care for the seedlings.
Soil selection
Soil composition plays a role important role when growing phlox. A soil that is rich in humus, loose and contains a small amount of loam for low acidity is excellent for them.
Sowing planting material must be done in special containers filled with soil mixture. In this case, the container must be large so that the plants can develop a powerful root system. 7 days before planting, the soil should be treated with a solution of potassium permanganate.
Fertilizing the land
And although phloxes are not whimsical plants, applying fertilizers at the stage of growing seedlings is considered a mandatory procedure. Feeding should be applied in small quantities. Mineral fertilizers are perfect here. Thanks to them, it is possible to accelerate the development and growth of culture.
On the video - how to plant Phlox:
There are never too many flowers summer cottage, especially if they are like this unpretentious plants like phlox. Phlox (translated from Latin as “Flame”) amazes not only with its exquisite and subtle smell, but also with the uniqueness of its colors. It is unreservedly admitted that there are practically no problems with them. However, one cannot ignore some features in planting seeds of annual and perennial phlox in the fall. open ground and in the spring for seedlings.
Varieties and varieties of phlox
Very important! Perennial phloxes are not only paniculate, although seeds of other types are practically impossible to find :)
Varieties and varieties of perennial phlox:
The only variety of annual Phlox is Drummond, which is named after the British botanist who brought this plant from America to old Europe.
Growing perennial phlox from seeds
Perennial phloxes are planted with seeds, usually to obtain large quantity plants, for example, to create borders and dividing strips in the garden.
You can purchase seeds in the store or collect seed pods in the garden yourself in the fall.
Note! Phlox from seeds, with proper care, bloom in the second year. Just be sure to cover them for the winter!
Phlox seeds can be sown before winter in open ground or at the end of winter and beginning of spring for seedlings.
Sowing in autumn in open ground
If you are going to sow phlox seeds directly into the beds at the end of autumn (October-November), then it is very convenient to do this in plastic rings that can be cut from plastic 5 liter bottles. According to the rules for sowing before winter, you need to sow only on frozen soil and cover it with dry soil without watering.
Advice! It is advisable to increase the sowing rate in winter compared to sowing seeds in containers.
Sowing seedlings in spring
It is convenient to sow phlox at home in disposable containers with a lid, in which drainage holes must be made.
You can take the most common universal soil for growing seedlings, preferably with vermicompost. The soil should be fertile and loose.
Step-by-step instruction sowing perennial phlox seeds:
- Fill the containers with a little more than half of the soil. Level it out well.
- Spill the soil before planting with a solution to disinfect it.
- Gently and evenly spread the seeds over the surface. The seedlings of perennial phlox are not small and are convenient to sow.
- Sprinkle soil on top.
- Cover the container with a lid or spunbond.
- Now you will need to place the container with the crops in the fresh air under the snow, as close to the ground as possible (it is best to place it on a board or plywood so that there is Smooth surface). Under such conditions, the most acceptable temperature is maintained for the germination of phlox seeds. Thus, they will undergo natural stratification.
Video: how to grow perennial phlox from seeds
If you don’t have the opportunity to bring containers with crops to the garden (let’s say you live in an apartment and you can’t get to your dacha in winter), then you can use another way growing phlox from seeds.
Pre-soaked seeds are kept for 2 weeks at a temperature of +18-22 C degrees. Then mixed with sand and placed in the refrigerator for stratification for 6 or more weeks until the seeds hatch. After this, they are planted in containers to a depth of 1 cm and grown at home at a temperature of +17-25 C degrees.
Planting in open ground and further care of perennial phlox
When phlox seedlings have 5-6 true leaves, they should be planted in open ground. Usually this time is around May, when the frosts will have passed and the seedlings will no longer be in danger.
It is advisable to choose a place that is sunny or with light partial shade.
For the normal development of a flower, soil is required to be loose and fertile, rich in organic matter. If your soil is too heavy, then add sand, peat or any other soil loosening agent.
Further care for phloxes consists of regular watering as the soil dries, loosening and weeding from weeds, as well as timely fertilizing.
Advice! If you want to achieve better tillering (branching), then pinch 4-5 pairs of leaves.
It is especially important to water frequently on hot and dry summer days, otherwise flowering will not be as abundant and rich.
It is important not to overwater the flower, as the plant does not tolerate stagnation of water and may simply rot.
Worth knowing! It is advisable to replant phloxes every 4-6 years to a new location.
As a rule, phloxes begin to be fed with nitrogen in the spring to increase green mass. Urea and ammonium nitrate can be used as such fertilizer. Plants will also be grateful for organic fertilizers. So, you can fertilize with a fermented infusion of mullein (diluted with water in a ratio of 1:15) or chicken manure (in a ratio of 1:25 with water). The next feedings during the period of budding and active flowering, naturally, should be without nitrogen (or with it minimum quantity), but exclusively using potassium and phosphorus. Wood ash is great for this.
If you want to prolong the flowering of phlox, then promptly remove the dried inflorescences of early and mid-late varieties of this plant.
Important! Read more about caring for phlox in the fall and preparing them for winter (pruning, covering).
Video: secrets of care perennial phlox
Growing annual phlox from seeds
Important! If before this information was exclusively about perennial representatives of these wonderful flowers, then later you will be able to learn better about the specifics of sowing and growing annuals phlox from seeds.
The timing of sowing annual phloxes differs from their perennial varieties. For example, you can plant them for seedlings in March-April.
By the way! Seeds of annual phlox (Drummond) can be sown immediately in open ground if you live in the south or have had a very warm spring.
As for the planting container, the most important thing when choosing it is that you can make drainage holes in it. Will it be food container or special plastic cassettes for seedlings doesn’t matter anymore.
Advice! It is very convenient to make drainage holes using a mini soldering iron, which can be purchased at any store such as Fix Price.
The most common and universal soil for flower seedlings is suitable, but it is advisable to supplement it with vermiculite or perlite, sand, ash or dolomite flour, depending on what you have on hand. To loosen the soil, you can add coconut briquettes to it in a 1 to 1 ratio, because for the normal development of seedlings, the soil mixture must be moisture- and breathable.
Sowing seeds
Step-by-step instructions for sowing perennial phlox seeds for seedlings:
By the way! Some gardeners, on the contrary, do not recommend sprinkling.
- Re-moisturize upper layer soil from a spray bottle warm water with the addition of vermicompost.
- Close with a lid or cover with plastic wrap (alternatively, a shoe cover).
- Place the container in a warm and bright place, where the temperature is around +20 degrees.
Video: sowing annual phlox seeds for seedlings
Caring for phlox seedlings
Every day in the morning, it is advisable to ventilate the planting containers and remove condensation from the shelter that has accumulated overnight.
The first friendly shoots of phlox appear after about 5-7 days.
Now all care for phlox seedlings will consist of watering as the soil dries and maintaining optimal temperature and daylight hours (either the sunniest windowsill, or additional illumination with phytolamps).
Video: review of phlox seedlings
Picking
Phlox seedlings are picked when they have 2-3 true leaves.
It is convenient to plant phlox in individual cups in which drainage holes have previously been made.
After filling the containers with soil mixture, it is recommended to spill the soil with water with the addition of Energen, and then make small holes.
By the way! Don’t forget to water the container with seedlings before picking so that the seedlings are easily removed and their roots are not injured.
You can get phlox seedlings with any tool convenient for you and bury 1-2 pieces to the cotyledon leaves in cups. After replanting, pour water around the edge, being careful not to get it on the plant itself.
Video: picking phlox seedlings
Advice! Immediately after picking, keep the seedlings on the table or in some other place until the end of the day, without placing them on a bright windowsill.
Care after picking includes moderate watering and fertilizing. Like any other seedlings, phlox cannot be overwatered.
As for fertilizing, use fertilizers such as liquid Fertika “Kristalon for garden flowers” and mineral Fertika Lux (formerly Kemira Lux). You should feed it 2-3 times before planting it in a flowerbed in open ground.
Planting and caring for annual phloxes in open ground
Optimal time Planting phlox seedlings in open ground occurs when the spring return frosts have finally passed, that is, this is approximately the second half of May - the beginning of June, depending on the region of your residence and, accordingly, its climatic features.
Annuals, like perennials, grow well both in well-lit areas and in partial shade. But it’s still better to plant them in some shade. A place near the ridge is perfect for planting phlox. It is very beautiful to plant these flowers on hills.
Both rain and downpours are beyond all praise, except that they fall a little, of course, but then they rise safely.
They should be planted at a distance of 15-20 cm from each other.
Advice! In order for the soil to better retain moisture, it is advisable to mulch the area with peat or humus immediately after planting.
Caring for phlox must necessarily include the following garden manipulations: loosening and weeding of grass and weeds, active watering in dry weather and fertilizing. During the flowering period, annual phlox respond well to fertilization with nitrophoska (calculated at 20 grams of product per 10 liters of water).
Video: growing and care annual phloxes
Thus, to the delight of both advanced gardeners and novice gardeners, caring for these amazingly beautiful and fragrant flowers called phlox is not particularly difficult. Just for the benefit of the flowers, grow them not anyhow, but correctly, adhering to our recommendations for choosing containers for seedlings, location, soil, and also using advanced agrotechnical methods.
Video: planting perennial and annual phlox with seeds
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Bright phloxes are sown in summer cottages and city flower beds, in school flower beds and on balconies. Their name is translated from Greek as “fire”. Phlox bloom for a long time, smell pleasant and calmly tolerate any vagaries of weather. Reproduce perennials mainly by cuttings or dividing the bush. But they can also be grown from seeds. Annual varieties They reproduce mainly by seeds.
You will need
- phlox seeds;
— garden tools;
- a plot of land;
- film;
- unfrozen ground;
- watering can.
Instructions
1. Before collecting phlox seeds, determine whether they are ripe. To do this, drill one of the seed boxes with an awl and evaluate their appearance. They should be large and dense, have different shades Green colour. The seeds of these flowers can also be purchased at flower shops.
2. Seeds of perennial phlox quickly lose their viability, and therefore you cannot wait until spring. In addition, for normal plant development, the planting material must freeze. Start preparing for planting immediately after harvest. Choose a site where the flowers can grow for several years. Keep in mind that phlox does not do well in shaded areas and in swampy lowlands. Therefore, they cannot be sown under dense tree crowns.
3. Prepare the soil. It should be nutritious and loose. This will ensure long and lush flowering. There should not be a large amount of sand in the ground; phlox does not like heavy acidic soils. On such lands, seedlings most likely will not appear. The bed or flower bed must be prepared before the first frost.
4. It is best to sow perennial phlox in November or December. The deadline is January, but not later. The closer the sowing is to spring, the less likely it is that the seeds will sprout. Snow shouldn't scare you, just clear the garden bed of it.
5. Place the seeds on the frozen surface of the flowerbed. The optimal distance is 5-6 cm from each other. Sprinkle a thin layer of regular garden soil on top. It can be prepared in advance or purchased at a gardening store. It is not necessary to make a continuous layer, just sprinkle the seeds. Cover the bed with snow and wait for spring. When using this method, almost all seeds germinate in the spring and most of plants bloom.
6. When growing annual phlox, prepare the bed in the same way as for perennial plants. You can do this both in spring and autumn. Scatter the seeds over the surface of the soil at a distance of 3-4 cm. Water them with a watering can and cover with plastic wrap. There is no need to sprinkle soil. Every day, remove the film for a short time to allow the plants to breathe a little, and shake off the condensation from it. After the seeds germinate, the film is completely removed.
How to plant phlox seeds
Sowing seeds directly into the flower garden
For seedlings, seeds are sown in boxes or peat tablets. The seeds are not buried deep into the ground, but placed on the surface. Cover the top with film. Optimal temperature for seed germination – +10-18 ˚С. Moisten the soil with a spray bottle. IN peat tablets you can grow more on the windowsill strong seedlings. At high content peat in the soil increases the decorative quality of phloxes. Read also the article: → “Features of growing annual phlox in the garden.”
- humidity above 70%;
| Action | Deadlines |
| Sowing seeds in pots | February |
| Picking | |
| April-early May | |
| May June | |
| July | |
| Feed 5 times: | May-September |
| The end of May | |
| The beginning of June | |
| Early July | |
| Early August | |
| Beginning of September | |
| October November |
| Fertilizer name | Description | Application |
| "Ekorost" for garden flowers | ||
| "Grow" fertilizer for flowers | 1 tbsp. l. per 1 sq. m. | |
| "Bud-2" for garden flowers | 10-20 g/per 10 liters of water | |
| 10 ml/1 l water | ||
When grown in the southern regions, dividing the bush can be postponed until September, the main thing is that the plant has time to take root before winter. Read also the article: → “Planting and caring for phlox in spring.”
| Name of the disease | Signs | Prevention and control methods |
| spotting | ||
| Powdery mildew | ||
| Variegation | ||
| Fomoz | ||
| Septoria | Dark brown spots on leaves |
Insecticides are used to prevent pests. In the spring they are sprayed with Fury, Karate or Kinmiks. Read also the article: → “ Short review preparations for garden treatment with instructions for use."
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The mistakes gardeners make are as follows:
Perennial phlox can be propagated either vegetatively or by seeds.
The method of propagation of phloxes is chosen depending on the goal that is set. For example, phloxes can be divided in order to quickly propagate rare and beautiful variety, to obtain a large amount of planting material or its improvement, and finally, to prepare regular cuttings or cuttings for exhibitions.
When are phlox propagated by seeds?
Under good weather conditions, phlox produces seeds in abundance, which often, especially in early varieties, ripen on the bushes. The readiness of the seeds is indicated by the browning of the capsules and the beginning of withering of the leaves. In late-flowering varieties, the seeds reach waxy ripeness in October. To obtain mature seeds, cut the stems, tie them into bunches and hang them on a cold veranda. If the room is very dry, the boxes begin to crack, the seeds scatter, and they can be lost. Then the inflorescences are placed in gauze bags. As they ripen, the browned boxes can be collected from the bushes into paper bags and brought into the room. In a paper bag, the boxes dry out and burst with a characteristic crack. Phlox seeds quickly lose their viability, especially in a dry and warm room. It is best to clean the seeds immediately before sowing. P.G. Gaganov advised mixing the peeled seeds with sand and storing them in a cool room in this form before sowing. The highest germination rate (up to 80-90%) is achieved by seeds when sown immediately after harvesting - in late November - early December. You can sow in winter - in January-February on a bed prepared in the fall. To do this, snow is removed from the garden bed and seeds are scattered on its frozen surface, at a distance of 3-4 cm. Then they are covered with a layer of sifted earth, prepared in advance, or sand 1-1.5 cm thick and snow. When sowing in winter, seed germination will be 70%.
When growing perennial phlox from seeds, you can sow them directly into open ground in the fall or early winter, planting the seeds to a depth of 1.5 cm. In the spring, the seeds will germinate safely and bloom by the fall.
When propagated by seed, phlox seedlings bloom within 3-4 years. Sowing is done in the fall, as the seeds quickly lose their viability. With this method, decorative qualities mother plant are not completely saved.
When sowing at home perennial phlox seeds need stratification. The container with the planted seeds is first kept in room conditions 15-20 days, then in the cold (from -2 to +4 0C) 15-25 days. After low temperatures, place the container with phlox seeds close to the glass and make a screen from the room and heating devices so that the air temperature is no higher than +12 0C. If the phlox seeds were planted in February, the third period will be in April, then the container with the phlox seeds can be safely taken out into the garden under agrospan or polyethylene film. The optimal temperature for germination of phlox seeds is from +5 to +12 0C.
Once the seeds germinate, the difficult, tedious process of waiting ends: “maybe I did something wrong; maybe the seeds are bad; May be…". In the future, the seedlings require the same care as other seedlings.
Small phlox seedlings in the phase of two or three pairs of true leaves are planted at a distance of about 20 cm in a bed with fertile soil. Further phlox care consists of systematic weeding, loosening the soil, watering, and fertilizing. While the phlox seedlings are still small, the soil between them can be mulched with mowed grass. This will keep the soil soft and moist and prevent weeds from growing.
Perennial phloxes need watering in dry, hot weather, but it is at this time that there is a risk of phloxes being affected by septoria and powdery mildew. In this case, spraying with fungicides is necessary, otherwise you may lose the plant.
In the summer, as soon as the plants get stronger, you need to pinch over the fourth or fifth pair of leaves. This is done for better tillering of phlox. Phlox blooms from July to the end of September, but the peak is in August. You just need to remove faded inflorescences in time, then new flower stalks will appear from the axils of the lateral leaves. Once every three to four years in May, the phlox rhizomes need to be divided. It's better to do this in early spring or in September so that the transplanted plants have time to take root before winter.
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How to grow phlox from seeds - let's take a closer look at growing annual flowers. Due to the fact that phlox seeds are quite large, with a dense outer shell. There was an opinion that they should be buried into the soil to a depth of 0.3 or even 0.5 cm. But the seeds of annual phlox germinate only on the surface of the soil and only in the presence of light! This means that the seeds need to be spread on the surface of the ground, watered with a sprayer, covered with a transparent film, and every morning the boxes with the crops need to be ventilated, shaking off the condensation that has accumulated overnight. This is the peculiarity of growing phlox from seeds. If you follow these rules, then the shoots and seedlings of phlox will turn out friendly. Annual phlox seedlings are planted in March. The pick should be done in two weeks. Young plants tolerate it well. Only for the first three days should you avoid contact sun rays on the plant to avoid burns. Therefore, for two or even three days, picked phlox seedlings should be covered with newspaper or opaque film. Once a month you can feed the plants and, before planting in the ground, carry out two or three fertilizing with mineral fertilizer.
I bought 3 bags of seeds (10 pieces each) and soil for flower seedlings and sowed them. And I immediately made the mistake of sprinkling the seeds with soil.
Without this technique, phloxes degenerate - the flowers become smaller, their flowering period is reduced. The division is done in this way: the bush is carefully dug up and the intertwined roots are carefully separated from each other, trying not to damage them.
Weeding is carried out at all stages of plant growing; its benefits are beyond doubt. Weeds take away nutrition and moisture from flowers, serve as hotbeds for the development of diseases and pests, and reduce the decorative qualities of flower plantings. Removing dry branches and fading flowers is also mandatory when caring for phlox.
They begin to prepare the soil in advance so that by the time of planting it is sufficiently moistened and has time to settle. If the soils are heavy and clayey, add river sand, peat, humus, mineral fertilizers, lime and dig everything thoroughly.
How to grow phlox drummond seedlings
Late - plants bloom at the end of August.
On the territory of Russia, only one wild species grows - Siberian Phlox, which is found in the mountains and belongs to the creeping group. There are approximately 40 species of this beautifully flowering herbaceous plant in cultivation.
Feeding can be given a week after the seedlings are planted. Use an aqueous solution of nitrogen fertilizer for growth. Then after 7-14 days, depending on the condition of the plants, they are fed complex fertilizer by dissolving it in water. Suitable fertilizers are rastvorin, uniflor rost, fertika lux.
Phloxes can amaze with their variety of colors and their pleasant aroma. Due to the ease of care that annual phlox requires, growing from seeds is not difficult. Therefore, many gardeners decorate their summer cottages with these wonderful flowers.
Phlox are perennial plants. At the dacha they attract with their beautiful glossy leaves and bright flowers. Only one variety - Drummond phlox - is annual. It is not tall, its flowers have a rich aroma. They may have various shapes and coloring. The following varieties that have annual phloxes can be mentioned: star-shaped and large-flowered. The first type can reach a height of twelve to thirty centimeters. The flowers of this Drummond phlox resemble stars. Large-flowered plants also have a height of thirty centimeters. They have big flowers various colors. The varieties of phlox with double flowers are very beautiful.
Look how beautiful phlox is in the fall! They were almost as they were at the beginning of summer. Few of my neighbors still have flower beds blooming in full force.
Recently I read on the Internet that they first need to be soaked in a solution for seed germination, spread on the surface of damp soil and pressed a little, covered with glass or film, placed in a well-lit place, ventilated daily and removed condensation, in 7-10 days they will germinate , as soon as two true leaves appear, they are picked.
Growth buds should be on each separated part. Phloxes are often propagated stem cuttings. For this purpose, young shoots of the plant are used, cut in early spring, which are planted in boxes filled with a 6 cm layer of soil.
Phloxes reproduce by seeds, dividing bushes, root suckers; it is also possible to propagate phloxes by cuttings. The method of propagation by seeds for perennial phlox is used only to create new varieties.
Caring for phlox in the garden does not require special knowledge, the main thing is timely watering, weeding and adding a small amount of fertilizer. The best fertilizer when grown in open ground it is organic. A very active and strong fertilizer is considered to be the application of manure in an amount of 10 kg per 1 m2 of soil.
In areas where water stagnates after rain, watering or melting snow, drainage is required. The planting site is cleared of weeds - they are weeded out or the soil is treated with herbicides.
The duration of their flowering is from June to September. Flower coloring - red, white, purple, pink, orange. Phloxes are usually used for planting in groups, for edging and for cutting.
All its species, with the exception of Drummond phlox, are perennial plants. They are divided into three groups: creeping, bush and loose turf phlox. These perennials are among the best ornamental plants.
When to plant seedlings in a flower garden?
Drummond phlox is the only one of the large phlox family that is grown as an annual crop. It has a wide variety of colors, plant heights, and long flowering. Phlox will always be appropriate in a mixborder, in ribbon borders, or in creating bright spots in flower beds.
If you are interested in annual phlox, growing it from seeds is the most suitable way breeding. Moreover, flowers can be planted both in open ground and in seedling boxes.
Plant! You won't regret it!
Since I sprinkled the seeds with soil, they sprouted after 2 weeks or later, the shoots were not friendly.
The boxes are covered with glass and placed in a greenhouse. The cuttings need to be shaded and systematically sprayed. After about a month, the cuttings will take root and can be planted in the designated place.
Growing perennial phlox flowers using this method is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Annual phloxes are propagated in this way.
Feeding has a beneficial effect on plant growth bird droppings. If there is a shortage of organic matter, mineral fertilizers are applied. All components (nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus) must be in a balanced form.
How to choose a place to grow phlox
Phlox has a fairly large root system. To ensure adequate nutrition for the plant, the soil is dug to a depth of up to 30 cm - this is the layer in which the roots of the plant actively develop.
Cut phlox flowers remain fresh for a week. They look good with irises, bergenia, hosta, and daylilies.
Their value is great due to their long flowering and lovely flowers with a delightful aroma.
Soil preparation
Phlox frummonda is a light-loving and heat-loving plant. It prefers soils that are loose, fertilized, sufficiently moist and warmed by the sun. Seedlings can be planted as early as May. Phloxes are not afraid of light spring frosts. Plants are planted at a distance of 12-30 cm from each other, depending on height and habit. Low growing varieties by the time of planting in May they may already have buds. Tall varieties will bloom in June.
How to sow seeds?
It is better to sow seeds in open ground at the end of spring, when the ground is well warmed up. After the seedlings appear, they need to be thinned out. The distance between flowers should be ten to twenty centimeters. To make the plant grow bushier, more lush and shorter, you need to pinch the ends of the shoots or the first flowers. This operation is also suitable for plants grown at home.
These photos were taken on September 15, 2014
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I picked them about 3 weeks after the first shoots. Some of the growths already had 2-4 true leaves and there were those that had just come out) I planted them all out and they all started well. Then I watered it only during the season and fed it once every two weeks with root fertilizers. At the end of May they began to bloom on my window. I didn’t let them bloom, I tore off all the tops so that the bush could develop.
When propagating phlox by root suckers, the ability of the plant roots to release shoots from the buds that form on them is used.
Growing phlox from seeds requires some subtleties.
Feeding of the plant is carried out along the furrows with fertilizer solutions. Plants are fed before budding and during flowering. Organic fertilizers used as fertilizer only in fermented form.
Phlox can be planted throughout the season: Autumn planting carried out when the plant stops growing shoots and renewal buds are formed. This usually happens in September.
Phlox care
Plants prefer lightly shaded areas. IN sunlight phloxes need only in the morning hours. During the day, flowers are damaged by the sun - they fade and lose their freshness and attractiveness.
The most common cultivation of phlox is the paniculata type, which has many varieties that differ in height, flower color, shape and size of inflorescences.
Features of plant care.
Sowing of annual phloxes is carried out for seedlings in March - April. The seeds are small, about 2.5-3 mm in size, so sow them superficially, lightly sprinkling them with earth or vermiculite. You can prepare the soil mixture yourself or buy it ready-made in the store. The main thing is that it is not heavy and allows water to pass through well. To avoid fungal diseases, the soil mixture is shed in advance with a pink solution of potassium permanganate or a solution of phytosporin. Allow to air a little so that the seeds lie in moist soil and not in a “swamp”. Seeds germinate in the dark. Shoots appear on average from 5 to 12 days. Newly emerged seedlings need good lighting, low temperature (15-18°C) and moderate watering.
Phlox blooms at the end of July. If you want to get beautiful flowering plants, you need to remember what the requirements of annual phlox are. Growing flowers from seeds must be accompanied by regular feeding. It is carried out two or three times in the summer, using complex mineral fertilizers. Nitrophoska is suitable for this purpose. Ten or twenty grams of fertilizer should be diluted in ten liters of water. It is not recommended to use manure as a top dressing. It promotes rapid plant growth, but at the same time reduces the number of flowers. Also, in order for Drummond’s phlox to bloom longer, it is necessary to remove faded inflorescences in time.
P.S. I bought 3 bags, there were about 10 seeds each, but not all of them sprouted. I collected seeds throughout the summer, I already collected a big fist))))
In this photo there are phloxes in early June.
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I want to tell you about phloxes and annuals. I planted them this year for the first time, now they have settled with me forever))).
, namely: it is possible to germinate seeds only on the surface of the earth, without covering the seeds and in sufficient light.
To speed up the emergence of sprouts, plantings are watered in small doses, but repeatedly, so that the top layer of soil is always moist. After planting, the plants need generous watering for about two weeks. In order for phlox to take root well before frost arrives, they need to be mulched in October with any insulating material.
You need to know that if the soil is not sufficiently moistened, the flowering of phlox weakens and the leaves dry out. Therefore one of important conditions choosing a place for planting phlox - the possibility of systematic and sufficient watering of the plant.
According to the timing of flowering, plants are divided into the following types:
Phloxes are low-maintenance plants. But flowers don't like lingering rainy weather. When the summer heat sets in, phloxes need watering. For long flowering, it is necessary to remove faded inflorescences. For better bushiness and compactness, the tops of plants are pinched. Phloxes delight with their flowering for 2.5-3 months.
How to care for seedlings?
You can successfully grow annual phlox at home. It is better to start growing seedlings from seeds in March or early April. Eight to eleven days after sowing, seedlings appear. During this period, seeds planted in warm soil, the temperature of which ranges from twenty-two to twenty-five degrees, germinate. Otherwise, germination will slow down. Plants are picked after 2-3 weeks, when there are already real leaves. The seedlings are transplanted into boxes. If it was sown in March, then the flowers are transferred to open ground at the end of May. If these conditions are met, annual phlox seedlings will reach maturity and the plants will bloom in June.
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Annual Phlox
Once the frosts have passed, we plant them in open ground. I planted them at the end of May at a distance of 15-20cm, planted them in two rows to make them look more magnificent. Phloxes grow very quickly, they need to be watered regularly and fed with complex fertilizer once a month. mineral fertilizers. Phlox bloom continuously from June until the first frost. For better flowering, you need to remove faded flowers.
Annual phloxes come in peach, chocolate, beige, whipped cream and coffee shades, while perennials have a predominantly pink or crimson color scheme. Annual phloxes attract attention with the unusual structure of the flower - similar to a snowflake. Perennials do not have such flowers in structure. A few words about the nuances and subtleties of agricultural technology for annual phlox grown from seeds. For a long time it was believed that growing phlox from seeds was a thankless task, since large, dense seeds did not want to sprout. Previously, out of hundreds of seeds sown, only one or two sprouted when planting phlox. How to grow phlox from seeds - let's take a closer look at growing annual flowers. Due to the fact that phlox seeds are quite large, with a dense outer shell. There was an opinion that they should be buried into the soil to a depth of 0.3 or even 0.5 cm. But the seeds of annual phlox germinate only on the surface of the soil and only in the presence of light! This means that the seeds need to be spread on the surface of the ground, watered with a sprayer, covered with a transparent film, and every morning the boxes with the crops need to be ventilated, shaking off the condensation that has accumulated overnight. This is the peculiarity of growing phlox from seeds. If you follow these rules, then the shoots and seedlings of phlox will turn out friendly.
You can only water them with a sprayer. Before seeds germinate, seedling boxes should be covered with glass, and do not forget to ventilate them daily. If these rules are followed, friendly and strong shoots are obtained.
Mulching creates optimal conditions for the development of plant roots, helps keep the soil moist, and prevents the formation of a soil crust.
This technique will ensure the active development of the flower in early spring. In the spring, phloxes begin to grow after the soil has thawed. Spring is the most favorable time for landing. Of course, flowering is somewhat delayed during spring planting, but the plant takes root painlessly.
A slight slope of the site will help avoid flooding during melting snow and prolonged rains. However, phlox should not be planted on slopes, as the soil there quickly warms up and dries out. It is best to plant phlox near the eastern and western walls of the house.
Early - phloxes bloom in early June;
I welcome you, friends, to the site tips for gardeners. Phlox means "flame" in Greek. It received this name, apparently, because of the bright red flowers that some types of wild phlox have.
The grown seedlings emerge after 15-20 days. The main point in growing phlox is moderate watering of the “babies”. Overwatering provokes the appearance of root rot. And phloxes are very sensitive to excess moisture in the soil.
Before planting, you need to choose the right place for the flowers. Phlox love sun and fertile soil. They can't stand the shadow. It is necessary to water the plants abundantly, while at the same time avoiding waterlogging of the soil.
I have been planting 8-9 types of phlox for many years and have been convinced many times that germination depends mainly on the quality of the seeds. Even if you spread it on the surface, even if you sprinkle it lightly, it doesn’t matter. Unfortunately, the more decorative variety, the worse the similarity and in general you can get something completely different from what you planted. It’s just that there are more and more unscrupulous sellers.
During the entire summer, I removed the faded flowers and put them in a box for the seeds to ripen (the box should have a lid, because the ripened seeds shoot out and scatter over a decent distance, just like Viola).
Annual Phloxes have different colors: blue, white, blue, pink, beige, peach, chocolate, coffee with milk. They also differ in the shape of the flowers; among the perennial Phlox, you cannot find star flowers, like in annuals and with such a different color scheme.
The main method of propagation of perennial phlox is by dividing the bushes, which is carried out in early spring and late autumn. Plants are divided and replanted every four years.
Peat chips, plant residues, straw and many other materials are used for mulch. Loosening the soil increases the efficiency of irrigation and improves the air regime of the soil.
You need to start working when the shoots grow 10 cm long. Planting phlox in the summer is also possible, but this is quite a troublesome task: after planting, you need to cut out the inflorescences, shading the plant, constantly spraying it and regular watering is required.
The crop is demanding on soil moisture and fertility. Medium loamy, loose soils with neutral acidity are most suitable for phlox.
Medium - flowers bloom in early August;
Phlox are incredibly beautiful bright flowers that have a strong pleasant aroma. Plants are perennial, so abundant flowering need to take care of favorable conditions growing. In this article we will tell you about growing perennial phlox from seeds and give recommendations for planting and care.
How to propagate perennial phlox in the garden
Unlike annual phloxes, which only reproduce by seed method, perennial plants are propagated in three ways:
- Seeds. Phlox is sown in spring, autumn or early winter.
- Dividing the rhizome. In the spring, the bush is dug up, the rhizome is divided into several parts and young bushes are planted. Most often, this vegetative method is used to rejuvenate a flower when it has been growing in one place for a long time.
- Cuttings. At the beginning of summer, cuttings are prepared and strong young shoots are selected. They are planted in open ground under a jar, watered abundantly and wait for rooting. When sown in winter, phlox blooms the following year in the fall.
If the bush has lost its decorative properties, then it can be propagated by dividing the bush even in the fall (late August to mid-September). To renew the phlox, the oldest rhizomes are thrown away, and only the side parts are planted.
Summer and spring reproduction is more successful than winter reproduction.
How to plant phlox seeds
There are two ways to grow a flower from seeds.
Sowing seeds directly into the flower garden
Seeds are sown at the end of May or in November-December:
- Pre-winter sowing. If snow has already fallen during pre-winter sowing, it is removed, the seeds are sown on top of the frozen soil at a distance of 5 cm from each other, sprinkled with a 2 cm layer of soil and covered with snow. Germination rate when sowing in winter is 70%. Sprouts appear in the spring, and when two leaves bloom, the seedlings are planted at a distance of 20 cm from each other.
- Sowing in spring. Phlox seeds are sown in fertilized, moist soil. Place 4 seeds per hole. Cover with soil, water and cover with film until shoots appear. Two weeks after the seeds have fallen, the flowers are already fed with slurry or nitrophoska.
Sowing phlox seeds for seedlings
For seedlings, seeds are sown in boxes or peat tablets. The seeds are not buried deep into the ground, but placed on the surface. Cover the top with film. The optimal temperature for seed germination is +10-18 ˚С. Moisten the soil with a spray bottle. You can grow stronger seedlings in peat tablets on the windowsill. With a high peat content in the soil, the decorative properties of phloxes increase.
Favorable conditions for growing phlox
The main requirements are put forward to the quality of the soil. The decorativeness and development of phlox depends on the fertility of the soil. Soil requirements in the table.
Soil acidity is determined using litmus paper. Phloxes are suitable for the climate of the middle zone, where it is not very hot and there is moderate rainfall. For planting, choose an area with flat terrain, protected from the wind. Phlox is not planted in open sunny places, but shaded areas where the flower is shaded from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. are ideal.
When growing seedlings, the following conditions are favorable:
- humidity above 70%;
- the temperature after the seeds fall to 21 ˚С, within two weeks the temperature is reduced to 15 ˚С;
- The container with seedlings is placed on sunny windowsills, and the film is removed.
Preparing the soil for planting phlox
If the soil is not suitable for planting phlox, it can be improved:
- sand and manure are added to clay soils;
- Clay and lime are added to sandy loam soils, and peat is added to sandy soils;
- poor soils are filled with peat, manure or compost.
Prepare the soil in the fall. Apply up to 8 kg/m. sq. peat or manure, on sour lands add up to 300 g/m. sq. lime The soil is plowed to a depth of 30 cm. In the spring, the soil is plowed again, harrowed, and nitrophoska and potassium salt are added. A week before sowing the seeds, the ground is disinfected with a solution of potassium permanganate.
Phlox planting and care plan
Phlox seeds are sown in spring, summer, autumn or winter. It all depends on the growing method. Let's consider an action plan for growing seedlings and caring for them.
| Action | Deadlines |
| Sowing seeds in pots | February |
| Picking | When 2-3 true leaves appear |
| Hardening (seedlings are taken outside for a day) | April-early May |
| Transplanting seedlings into open ground | May June |
| Pinching over the fifth pair of leaves | July |
| Feed 5 times: | May-September |
| 1. Liquid manure (100 g of manure per 10 liters of water). | The end of May |
| 2. Slurry with potassium salt or superphosphate. | The beginning of June |
| 3. Slurry or chicken manure solution. | Early July |
| 4. Superphosphate and potassium salt. | Early August |
| 5. Use ash, nitrophoska, | Beginning of September |
| Trimming phlox and mulching the soil with peat | October November |
Phlox bloom from July to the end of September; they prefer potassium-phosphorus fertilizers
How to care for phlox in the garden
While the phlox sprouts are not yet strong after being transplanted into open ground, the soil is regularly loosened and the flowers are watered. Freshly planted phloxes are watered every three days for two weeks. The row spaces are mulched with mowed grass to prevent weeds from sprouting and moisture from leaving the soil.
If the summer is dry, up to 2 liters of water are poured under each bush every 2-3 days. In hot weather, the soil is mulched with peat or humus with a 4 cm layer.
Tip #1. In order for phlox to bloom profusely, faded inflorescences are always removed.
For abundant flowering, perennials are fed up to 5 times per season. Fertilizers for phlox are given in the table.
| Fertilizer name | Description | Application |
| "Ekorost" for garden flowers | Fertilizer based on humic acids. Increases seed germination, seedling survival rate, and increases disease resistance. | Root and foliar feeding: 2 caps per 10 liters of water, watered once every two weeks. |
| "Grow" fertilizer for flowers | A complex product that contains nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Accelerates growth, increases flowering duration and flower brightness | 1 tbsp. l. per 1 sq. m. |
| "Windsor" for gardens and indoors | A complex product that provides abundant and long-lasting flowering | 50-80 g/m. sq.m., water the flowers 1-3 times during the entire growing season |
| "Bud-2" for garden flowers | Provides long and abundant flowering | 10-20 g/per 10 liters of water |
| Buoy fertilizers “Flower Paradise” for flowering plants | A complex liquid product that stimulates growth, flowering and increases disease resistance | 10 ml/1 l water |
| Universal fertilizer for garden flowers "Pokon" | Improves soil composition, nourishes flowers and accelerates their growth | 1 measuring spoon per 1 sq. m. Feed once a season in the spring. |
Once every 3-4 years in May, the bush is dug up and the rhizomes are divided.. When grown in the southern regions, dividing the bush can be postponed until September, the main thing is that the plant has time to take root before winter.
In autumn, grown up phloxes of spring sowing are planted
Regardless of the growing region, perennial flowers are covered with peat or straw for the winter. In the South, fallen leaves are used instead of peat, but such mulch can harbor pests. Cover the bush when the stems have turned yellow and dried out. Dry tops are cut off, and the root zone is covered with a layer of mulch. In a snowy winter, if the layer of fallen snow is more than 50 cm, the phloxes do not need to be covered. Flowers are afraid of snowless winters, even if the frost is -10-15 ˚С.
Tip #2. Phloxes are used in landscape design for creating abundantly flowering flower beds. Flowers go well with monardas, astilbes, marigolds and heliopsis.
With abundant watering in dry summers, flowers are affected by powdery mildew or septoria. To prevent diseases, flowers are treated with fungicides.
How to deal with pests and diseases of phlox
Phlox diseases include spotting and powdery mildew. Diseases are recognized by characteristic signs. Let's look at the symptoms of diseases and methods of combating them in the table.
| Name of the disease | Signs | Prevention and control methods |
| spotting | Dots on the leaves, with further twisting | Diseased leaves are removed, and the flower itself is treated with Bordeaux mixture |
| Powdery mildew | White coating on leaves and stems | To prevent infection of healthy flowers, the diseased plant is removed and burned. |
| Variegation | Peculiar patterns appear on the leaves | |
| Fomoz | The leaves begin to dry out and the stems become thinner | For prevention in the spring, while the air temperature does not exceed 18 ° C, colloidal sulfur is sprayed on the stems and leaves |
| Septoria | Dark brown spots on leaves | The bush and the soil around it are treated Bordeaux mixture every two weeks |
For disease prevention in the calendar spring work In the garden, phlox should be treated with a solution of Bordeaux mixture. Pests include threadworms, nematodes, slugs and caterpillars. If the bushes are damaged by nematodes or worms, the flower is dug up and burned. The land is treated with nematicides or lime every 20 days. Three treatments are needed.
Phloxes that grow in acidic soils get sick less
Insecticides are used to prevent pests. In the spring they are sprayed with Fury, Karate or Kinmiks.
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Features of growing perennials and annuals
Growing perennials is generally similar to growing annual phlox, but there are the following differences:
- Perennials are often sown in open ground rather than growing seedlings.
- Perennials bloom later but last longer.
- Before winter, perennials, unlike annual plants, are not sown because they are not frost-resistant.
- Perennials need five feedings per season, and not 3-4, as is the case with annual phlox.
- Seedlings are not planted closer than 0.5 m from each other, because perennials grow strongly in one place.
Answers to common questions
Question No. 1. When is the best time to sow seeds in a flower garden?
Phlox belongs to those garden flowers that are propagated year-round. They are planted in spring, summer and winter. But spring is more suitable for seed propagation. In the second half of April, phlox seedlings are planted in flower beds. Spring planting has its advantages. The flowers manage to take root, but they bloom two weeks later than planned.
Autumn planting with seeds is possible only in the southern regions and middle lane, where frosts occur later. Seeds are sown in early September. Before the first frost, the flowers take root and bloom the following year in July.
Question No. 2. How to pick phlox seedlings?
Sprouts dive 20 cm from each other into a greenhouse or greenhouse. Also, each sprout is planted in a separate pot, and when it warms up, they are planted in open ground.
Question #3. Is it possible to mulch the soil in the summer when it is very hot?
Yes. To protect from the scorching sun, the soil is mulched with peat or humus in a 5 cm layer. You can water on top of the mulch.
Question #4. When can you replant phlox bushes?
The best period is April or September. Replant as necessary in the summer, but without dividing the root system. Be sure to move the roots into a new hole along with a lump of earth.
Question #5. What are the popular varieties of perennials?
Popular varieties include the following perennials:
- Subulate. The plant is completely covered with flowers ranging from white to dark red. Blooms in May.
- Spread out. Blooms lilac-blue. The plant prefers shaded areas. Blooms in May.
- Paniculate. Blooms in mid-summer. The inflorescences and leaves are large. Bushes 70-100 cm high.
Mistakes gardeners make when growing perennials
The mistakes gardeners make are as follows:
- Phlox should not be watered in hot weather. cold water, otherwise the stems will crack.
- Withered flowers cannot be left on the plant; they prevent new ones from blooming and delay flowering.
- Many gardeners do not cover phloxes for the winter. If there is little snow in winter, then the flowers can die even at -10 ˚C, so it is necessary to mulch the soil in November.
- Phlox cannot be planted in an area where strawberries were previously grown. Otherwise, pest invasion cannot be avoided.
