Phlox paniculata John Fanick Fillers held atop a 1' tall

held atop a 1' tall stalk

which has been in commerce for well over a century as both a house plant and landscape staple in low-light conditions throughout the deep south

each plant is identical for a more uniform planting

comes via PDN-grown seed from an original plant collected from a logged-over floodplain near the northern end of its range in Edgefield County

where it was discovered in 2007 as a mutation on Geranium 'Rozanne' by Jan Dirk Schuiver

Phlox paniculata John Fanick Fillers held atop a 1' tallThis heat tolerant, triploid phlox was discovered in San Antonio, Texas, growing in a patch of St. Augustine grass by plantsman Greg Grant. The plant was subsequently named after the late San Antonio nurseryman John Fanick. Phlox 'John Fanick' grows in regions of Texas where most Phlox paniculata cultivars are just a distant memory and, as such, has been named to the Texas Superstar program. This tough phlox makes a 3' tall spectacular clump sans