Cover Girl garden phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Cover Girl'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 4 feet tall
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Cover Girl' garden phlox (Phlox paniculata 'Cover Girl') is a perennial for borders, pollinator gardens, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, loamy, clay, or chalky soil. It forms a clumping plant that blooms from early to late summer. The flowers are fragrant and draw butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees. Deer tend to browse other plants first.
Pairs well with Dense blazing star, Bee balm, and Standing Ovation little bluestem.