Phlox paniculata 'Jeana' (Garden Phlox) Unity Grown

Phlox paniculata 'Jeana' is a cultivar of tall garden phlox, an upright phlox species that blooms from mid to late summer. The 'Jeana' cultivar was named for its discoverer, Jeana Prewitt, who found the cultivar as a natural mutation within its native range in Tennessee.

'Jeana' typically grows to about 4-5' tall, and produces clusters of small pink flowers from July to September. The cultivar is sun-loving and naturally resistant to powdery mildew, which has earned it a spot in Mt. Cuba Center's Top Performers, under the title of Best Phlox for Sun. 'Jeana' still holds this title with a score of 4.8 out of 5, which it earned for its disease resistance, upright habit, and attractiveness to butterflies, attracting more butterflies than any other phlox in the Mt. Cuba Center trial gardens. Butterfly-attracting blooms are lightly fragrant and attract pollinators as well as hummingbirds, and they also make for great cut flowers.