Perennial of the Month-- July 2002 
Common name: Phlox
Family:Polemoniaceae, Phlox
Height x width: 42-48" x 24-36"
Growth rate: moderate, upright
Foliage: opposite, ovate lanceolate 4-6" long
Flowers: deep rose panicles, slightly open; 5 petals often notched; mid to late summer
Hardiness: zones 4 to 8
Soil: moist, wilts if too dry
Light: sun
Pests and Problems: possibly mites; chewing from small mammals as rabbits and woodchucks
Landscape habit, uses: mid to back of border, cutting; combines well with meadowsweet, daisies, ornamental grasses, white coneflower, other garden phlox
Other interest: found by nurseryman Sinclair Adam, Jr. of Dunvegan Nursery, West Chester PA in a population of white ‘David’ phlox which was in turn from a native population in the Brandywine Valley, this cultivar being slightly taller in addition to different color from ‘David’, otherwise similarly vigorous and upright; very similar to the southern ‘Robert Poore’ only with slightly more open panicles; named for Shortwood Gardens of perennial professional Stephanie Cohen
Other culture: remove spent flower heads; seems fairly resistant to powdery mildew
Propagation: division in spring (most common), fall root cuttings, protected from commercial propagation
Sources: Blooms of Bressingham retailers