What is Night Phlox?

those looking for a unique plant should consider Night Phlox, which is so named for the fact that flowers tend to open the evening and relax their sweet scent after the sun drops down. It is also known as Midnight Candy, although its official plant name is zaluzianskya capensis . Despite the fact that flowers seem to prefer when the sun decreases, this South African plant grows best when it is in full sun most of the time. It prefers moist soil and only small water, making it tolerant and relatively low maintenance. Its colorful flowers tend to bloom the best in the summer, attract bees, birds, butterflies and anyone who has a tropical aroma.

Night Phlox can grow to a height of 2 feet (0.61 m) and should be located about 1 foot (0.30 m) from other plants, so it has room for growth. Prefers a damp, rich soil that is a little acidicor neutral and should be well exhausted. Night Phlox should usually be planted in a place where it gets a full sun or partial shadow, where the gardener and passers -by can easily appreciate the tropical scent of this plant. It usually takes about three months to move from the seed to flowering, which means that planting at the end of spring or early summer is recommended to miss the frost of winter and also has time to bloom until the end of summer or early autumn. As long as these tips for planting are observed, these herbal plants are considered quite easy to grow.

This high flowering plant has stems with many branches that support color flowers that easily attract many, and are often successfully planted either as boundaries or in the bed of many flowers. The color of the night flower Phlox ranges from white to pale pink and even chestnut and during the summer and autumn they tend to bloom. The fragrance is the strongest in the veneer because the flowers are closed during the hottest part of the day, and then open when the sunIt drops, leading to a sweet tropical scent that is quite strong. Night Phlox is known to be tolerant of droughts because it only needs a little water and preferably with a lot of sun. It can also be grown in pots and placed inwards for a natural way to add a sweet scent to any house.