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Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata 'Ditomfra'
Also called bubblegum pink phlox, candy store bubblegum pink, sweet summer fragrance and magical fragrance
Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox blooms from July through August.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Expect it to reach about 2.5 ft tall and 2 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
Pets
- No toxic listing found for dogs and cats in the sources we check.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox
Plant Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 5, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 8, spring means April to June and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from July to August.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 5, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 5 in April. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox get?
2.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult2 ftwideSee Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox about 2 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Bubblegum Pink Garden Phlox's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 13 published sources on October 12, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- plantsnouveau.comPlants Nouveau (US introducer)height, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and diseases
- firsteditionsplants.comFirst Editions (Bailey Nurseries, licensed brand)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- Mt. Cuba Center2015-2017 measured trial, Delawareheight, spread, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- Plant AddictsFirst Editions retailerheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, trait tags and soil
- US plant patent (Google Patents)US Plant Patent PP21,171 (Hubertus Josephus Tonies, assignee Kolster B...height, spread, bloom months and color, diseases and pests
- archive.midwestgroundcovers.comMidwest Groundcovers (Illinois wholesale grower, publisher archive)height, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- Chicago Botanic GardenRichard Hawke, Chicago Botanic Garden, Fine Gardening August 2014, pp....height, spread, bloom months and color and pests
- d2x9qrndt36kj.cloudfront.netMt. Cuba Center, Phlox for the Mid-Atlantic Region (2015-2017 trial re...height, spread, bloom months and color and diseases
- Missouri Botanical GardenPhlox paniculata speciessun, water, trait tags, soil and pests
- NC State ExtensionPhlox paniculata speciestrait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- University of Maryland ExtensionTPM/IPM Weekly Report, August 9, 2024, Plant of the Week by Ginny Rose...height, spread, bloom months and color and trait tags
- ditoplant.nlDitoplant export B.V. (Dutch grower, denomination page)height and bloom months and color
- jcra.ncsu.eduJC Raulston Arboretum, NC State University (2010 Plant Sale archived i...bloom months and color
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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