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Perfectly Puzzling is a genuine local introduction: bred by Dr. James Robert Ault through the Chicago Botanic Garden's Plant Introduction Program (Chicagoland Grows(R)) from open-pollinated seed of Phlox 'Ellie B.' collected in 2009 and selected as a single unique seedling in 2012. It is a genetic chimera - white, light raspberry-violet, and medium-dark raspberry-violet flowers all appear in random patterns on the very same plant, with no single flower changing color. Unlike summer-blooming garden phlox, it is untroubled by powdery mildew and is not browsed by deer or rabbits.
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Adaptable, Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Attracts Pollinators, Attracts Wildlife, Container, Deciduous, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Dry, Edging, Fast Growth Rate, Filler, Formal Garden, Full Sun, Good for Borders, Good for Butterfly Garden, Good for Cottage Garden, Good for Mass Planting, Good for Rain Garden, Good for Rock Garden, Groundcover, Low Maintenance, Medium, Nativar, Non-Allergenic, Normal Soil, Perennial, Prairie Garden, Rabbit Resistant, Reblooms, Showy Flowers, Tolerant of Clay Soil, Tolerant of Hot Dry Site, Tolerant of Loamy Soil, Tolerant of Moist Soil, Tolerant of Poor Soil, Tolerant of Salt, Tolerant of Sandy Soil, Well-Drained Soil
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