Phlox Pan Starfire
'Starfire' is a garden phlox cultivar which typically grows in an upright clump to 2-3' tall. Fragrant, tubular flowers (1/2" to 1 inch diameter) with long corolla tubes and five flat petal-like lobes are bright deep red. Individual flowers are densely arranged in large, terminal, pyramidal clusters (panicles to 6-12" long) atop stiff, upright stems which seldom need staking. Long mid to late summer bloom sometimes extends into early fall. Narrow, opposite, pointed, lance-shaped leaves (to 5" long). Foliage emerges with maroon tinting but matures green. Good fresh cut flower.