How to grow Night Phlox

Zaluzianskya capensis

Growing Night phlox from seed

You can propagate the plant with relative ease from cuttings or seed. 2

When sowing seed, sift a mixture of 50% milled bark and 50% river sand together, compact the mixture lightly in the propagation tray, sow the seeds evenly, and cover with a thin layer of river sand. Water lightly by hand every second day. If seeds are kept under conditions of 15–18° C they will germinate after 4–8 weeks. 2

How long does Night phlox take to grow?

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Night phlox Etymology

The genus Zaluzianskya was named in honour of Adam Zaluziansky von Zuluzian, 1558–1613, a physician and botanist from Prague.2 The species name capensis means “of or from the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)”1.

The closed flowers resemble drumsticks, hence the common name, ‘drumsticks’. The shape of the flowers also appears to be phlox-like; that is why some people also refer to the species as ‘night phlox’. 2.

Other names for Night phlox

Midnight candy, drumsticks

Footnotes

1 capensis on California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations

2 Zaluzianskya capensis on the South African National Biodiversity website, PlantzAfrica:http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantwxyz/zaluzianskcape.htm


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