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Dream Girl Garden Phlox - 72-Cell Plug Tray

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About the Product

Dream Girl is a tall garden phlox with bright lilac-pink flowers and white eyes on a vigorous, dense, vase-shaped plant. It starts a little later than other garden phlox but reblooms very well, carrying color deep into the season.

At 30 to 36 inches, it fits the middle of the border and cuts well for bouquets. It resists powdery mildew, and its fragrant flowers draw butterflies, bees and hummingbirds.

What it looks like

Dome-shaped panicles are made of flat, five-petaled flowers about 1 inch across in bright lilac pink, each with a white eye. Panicles top strong stems that flare slightly outward. Leaves are lance-shaped, dark green and arranged in pairs up the stems. The plant forms a dense, vase-shaped clump about 30 to 36 inches tall and 20 to 24 inches wide. At peak bloom the upper surface of the vase is filled with pink flower heads.

Growing it with lavender

Phlox enjoys sun like lavender but wants richer soil and more regular water, so plant it in an adjacent cottage border, where its lilac-pink flowers pick up as the first lavender bloom winds down.

Care

Grow in full sun to part shade in average to fertile soil kept evenly moist; full sun and good air flow give the most flowers and the healthiest leaves. Hardy in zones 3-8. Deadhead spent flower clusters to encourage rebloom, and divide every few years in spring to keep the clump vigorous.

At a glance

  • Botanical name: Phlox paniculata
  • Flower color: Bright lavender pink with white eyes
  • Foliage: Dark green
  • Growth habit: Dense, vase-shaped clump
  • Mature size: 30–36 in tall × 20–24 in wide
  • USDA hardiness zones: 3–8
  • Light: full sun, part sun to part shade
  • Bloom start: Mid-July
  • Peak bloom: Early-August
  • Bloom pattern: Repeat Blooming
  • Deer resistance: Susceptible
  • Pollinator value: Great

Sizes and shipping

One full 72-cell plug tray: 72 young starter plugs of this variety (cells about 1⅓ in. wide × 2½ in. deep), rooted and ready to pot up into quarts or gallons. Best for growers and nurseries. Potted plants and plug trays ship during our live-plant seasons, March 1–May 31 and October 1–November 30; June through September is local pickup only. Plugs, potted plants and trays do not ship to AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT or WA.

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Mature height
36.0 in
Mature spread
24.0 in
Bloom
Mid-July – peak Early-August
Fragrance
Moderate
Deer
Susceptible

Lavender companion · grow guide

How to grow Dream Girl

Phlox · Phlox paniculata

Two very different plants: garden phlox (P. paniculata) is a tall summer bloomer that wants sun, rich moist soil and good air flow; creeping phlox (P. subulata) is a spring groundcover for sun and lean, well-drained soil.

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Dream Girl
  • Full sunLight
  • Moderate waterAverage drainage
  • pH 5.5–7.5Soil
  • Zones 3a–8bHardiness
  • 36″ tall24″ wide
  • SusceptibleDeer · rabbits susceptible
  • Not known toxicPets
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Hardy in zones 3a–8b

Spring or early fall.

When it arrives

Your plug tray

Pot 72-cell plugs into 4-inch pots or plant out after hardening off. Creeping phlox plugs can go straight into the ground 12 inches apart to knit into a mat. Keep moist until rooted.

When to plant

Spring or early fall.

How deep

Plant at the same depth as in the plug or with the bare-root crown just at soil level.

Spacing

Garden phlox 18–24 inches for air flow; creeping phlox 12–18 inches for a mat.

Soil

Garden phlox: rich, moist loam. Creeping phlox: sandy or gravelly, well-drained soil. · pH 5.5–7.5

Fix-it tip: Add compost for garden phlox. For creeping phlox, add grit to heavy clay or plant on slopes and walls so it never stays wet.

Sun

Full sun (tolerates light part shade).

Garden phlox in shade gets more mildew and fewer flowers; creeping phlox blooms best in full sun.

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New growth

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Is it alive? What spring looks like

Creeping phlox stays evergreen and flowers in early to mid-spring. Garden phlox emerges from the crown in mid-spring as reddish shoots and blooms in mid to late summer.

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