Phlox 'Pleasant Feelings'
from René van Gaalen
Introduced 2005
This most unique of Phloxes never produces flowers, but instead features decorative clusters of lime-green bracts, that grow bigger and fuller over the many weeks that they continue to decorate the upright stems of lanceolate foliage.
A paniculata hybrid.
Height: 28” / 56cm
Spread: 20” / 50cm
Hardiness: US zones 4-8
Blooms: July-October
Common name:
Perennial Phlox
Patent status:
USA PPAF. Europe PVR |
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Pleasant Feelings scores well at Hortifair
Friday, 04 November 2005 Phlox 'Pleasant Feelings' is on display at Hortifair in Amsterdam, where judges have awarded it 9 /10 points for quality.
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Phlox 'Pleasant Feelings'
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