Flowers: Summer

Height: 24 inches

Germination: Easy

Aftercare: Easy

Description: With the setting sun the 'night phlox' opens up tilling the garden, patio or conservatory with a delicious and powerful fragrance that gives the air, particularly on a warm evening, a tropical aroma. Easy to grow, sow a little in many places, where you walk or sit in the garden. Height 60cm (24in).

Sowing Instructions: Sow in a good seed compost 1.5mm (1/16in) deep in early spring. Germination takes 7-14 days at 15-18C (60-65F). Alternatively sow outdoors where they are to flower in late spring in drills 3mm (1/8in) deep and thin the seedlings out to 15cm (6in).

Growing Instructions: Transplant the seedlings when large enough to handle into boxes or singly into 7.5cm (3in) pots. Grow at around 10-13C (50-55F). Gradually acclimatise to outdoor conditions and plant out in spring after all risk of frost has gone, 15cm (6in) apart.

Aftercare Instructions: They prefer an open sunny position and will grow well on most soils. Pot a few seedlings to make charming summer flowering pot plants too.