Replacing Bleach-Damaged Garden Phlox: Mail-Order Sources and Propagation Options

Phlox paniculata After Bleach Spill

Bleach kills plant tissue on contact. The two dead plants won't recover. The others should be fine if roots were unaffected.

Finding Replacements

Garden phlox is high-maintenance and often scarce locally. Reliable mail-order sources:

• Bluestone Perennials
• Other specialty perennial nurseries.

Propagation

• Cuttings: Take 4-inch stem cuttings in early summer, root in moist sand/perlite.
• Seed: Collect from mature pods; sow in fall or spring.
• Division: Not recommended for young plants; wait until clumps are 3+ years old.

Order new plants for immediate impact; propagate for long-term increase.