David reminds me I am still learning and my green thumb is getting a bit greener every year!
He bloomed, as usual, in late July, but this year the rain helped me deadhead him by washing off those little flowers!
I chuckle every time I deadhead phlox now! I have been so careful every year to deadhead perennials that will/should rebloom if I do this! Every year I cut off the spent blooms on phlox but never saw any additional flowers! A few years ago I suddenly realized maybe I was doing it all wrong when it came to phlox! So, I carefully pulled off each dead little flower on the big heads instead of cutting off the big heads! Dah! Magic happened about a month later when they rebloomed with awesome blossoms!
The nice thing about 'David' is he usually isn't susceptible to mildew, which often plagues phlox plants.
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| Phlox 'David' 2nd bloom period 2014 |
Lovely blooms! Thanks for the tip, Karen. This is on my wish list for next year and I'll try to remember this small but critical detail!
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