PHLOX STOLONIFERA 'BLUE RIDGE'

One plant that caught my eye for its unusual colour was the Phlox 'Blue Ridge'.  It reminded me of those perfumed Parma-violet sweets I would buy as a child.  The flowers of the phlox are not a true blue as the label would have you think, but instead a soft violet. 

Phlox 'Blue Ridge' 23/04/2016

The label says that Phlox 'Blue Ridge' has clear blue flower heads above evergreen spreading mats of green, oval foliage.  It is suitable for border edges, rockeries, paving, walls, banks, gravel gardens, and containers in the sun [or partial shade] on well-drained soil. It flowers from mid spring to early summer.  It spreads about 60cm (2ft) and the flower stems are about 20cm (8in). 





Apparently is also grows in partial shade and has been generally described as fragrant although I haven't noticed it yet.