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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New pictures
Tuesday, 31 May 2005
René van Gaalen popped into Darwin PlantSpotters headquarters this morning to show off some cut stems of Phlox 'Pleasant Feelings'.
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René van Gaalen
By Miriam Young
Happily producing successful cut-flower ranges, René van Gaalen had no idea that his cultivars would make such an impact as garden plants. But a character like him can’t hide away forever. |
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Phlox 'Pleasant Feelings'
By Miriam Young
It's a plant guaranteed to raise a few eyebrows, but then again, what do you expect from René van Gaalen? |
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