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Tall Garden Phlox – Fragrant, Breathtaking & Sturdy

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Tall Garden Phlox – Image Courtesy Walter’s Gardens Tall Garden Phlox – From “magenta obscurity” to the most prominent place in the floral world Many gardeners see the gorgeous Tall Garden Phlox advertised in books or magazines and immediately draw the wrong conclusion that it is much too beautiful and finicky to grow in the western Mountains. Not true! Not only is it cold-hardy, but this breathtaking perennial is also deer-resistant. The slight alkaline pH of the Rocky Mountains is chock-full of minerals and is only one reason Phlox grows so well. The rigid stems of Phlox stay shorter and stockier and Phlox blooms longer in the cooler temperatures of...