Phlox
paniculata
Norah Leigh (Joan Elliot)
Norah Leigh has lovely variegated cream
and green foliage and small pale pink flowers with a deeper pink eye and some
fragrance. She is of medium height and fairly early to flower.
A lot of garden design books state
that her foliage clashes with the flowers; not so in my opinion and I love
using her in my plantings.
As with all variegated Phlox, she
sometimes sends up a plain
green stem; these are best pulled up from their base as they are more vigorous than
the parent. You need to propagate her from cuttings or very careful
division as the variegation does not come from
the root buds.
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