Phlox Cherry Caramel - Cut Flowers - Early Bloom - July 2026
Earlier this year, I ordered a bunch of plugs from Farmer Bailey/Garden Club and I've documented my (learning) journey with them along the way. From ordering them to having them arrive too early (Self-inflicted) to potting-them-up to keeping them (some of them) alive to planting them in. Part of my 2026 to-do list was to 'experiment with other cut flowers' and these plugs were a bit part of of my answer to that challenge. Amongst the plugs were an eight-pack of Phlox Cherry Caramel . These faired the worst of all of my selections with four of the eight making it to planting-time and the other four withered while they were in the small pots. I planted the four in different spots: two in the pizza oven bed, one in the front island bed and one IB2DWs down by the sidewalk. They're all on different growing schedules with some already growing larger than others. One of them has even bloomed. I'm posting this in early July, bu...