Phlox, Garden Phlox 'Blue Paradise'

Maybe it depends on the soil, but my Blue Paradise is much darker than the picture you have posted. Up close the color is a blueish mage...Read Morenta but as the evening gets closer it turns into a vibrant blue-tone purple. I love, love, love this phlox and am hoping it spreads like crazy. I have very long, large garden borders (200' X 10-12') and every time I looked far down the border I could see it gleaming in the lowering light of day. Definitely need more of these to sprinkle throughout all the borders. I wouldn't define it as "the bluest" of anything, including phlox. But it does have blue undertones on cloudy days and late afternoon to evening light. Last year was my first planting of Blue Paradise as 2 lonely sprigs. It's increasing in size this year but not by leaps and bounds. I have sandy loam soil with a thick nutritious mulch. Zone 6b (-5). I'm diligent with watering.

Hybridized by Oudolf, introduced in 1990. Flowers are more blue during times when temperature drops a little (in the evening or early morning).

Okay, so maybe I didn't read the description well enough on the WFF website, but I'm not pleased with very ordinary magenta color of thes...Read Moree phlox. Will check them out in morning for real blue color.

I have 6 different varieties of garden phlox, and this is my favorite. The color is outstanding, it blooms forever, smells great, attract...Read Mores bees, humming birds and butterflies.