Colourful phloxes and their delicate aroma leave no one indifferent.
Gardeners love these delicate flowers for their incredibly lush and long-lasting flowering.
To ensure that phloxes bloom several times per season and their foliage remains emerald green, you need to take care of this in the spring.
Spring processing
When the plant comes to life after winter and sprouts begin to emerge, the first spring treatment of phlox will be required.
Bordeaux mixture
You will need 0.1% Bordeaux mixture, which plants will love.
For watering, you will need to dissolve 1 teaspoon of such a liquid in 7 liters of water and you can water the bushes. Use a watering can with a diffuser to ensure proper watering.
Ash feeding
Phloxes will not bloom profusely in acidic soils; they need calcium, and therefore ash feeding throughout the summer will be useful.
Adding potassium and phosphorus
Fertilizing before flowering is a mandatory stage of phlox care.
To nourish the plant with potassium and phosphorus, they are fed with potassium-phosphorus fertilizer. And you can use an infusion of grass and weeds with benefit.
Repeated flowering
It is easy to make phlox bloom profusely a second time if you cut off the faded inflorescences of mid-flowering varieties - the tops and a small part of the stem.
This simple method will allow your phloxes to bloom for a long time.
