Lots of thanks to Vic and to All.
Currently mild here, but gardening done for the year. As Vic said, did have a great time in convalescent care, but it did stop me from closing down the flower beds before winter sets in. Recovering well (thanks), but had to get some help in raking maple leaves off part of the back. Next spring, will certainly get the edging done by the landscaping maintenance guys. Think (at 80) that's now getting beyond me. Got to make the gardening more manageable!
Think Mike and myself have long been admirers of Phlox 'Nora Leigh'. Have had five, I think, different Phlox cultivars with variegated leaves, but 'Nora Leigh' has proven to be the real survivor among them. Perhaps, that's a reason it's the one I've seen, over the years, most frequently for sale here.
As Vic said, I had cut back all our garden/tall phlox, except the Nora Leigh, before the knee surgery. By the time I was released, the Nora Leigh, the latest and longest flowering garden phlox in our garden, had finished flowering, so I cut it back to ground level.
Loretta, I'm not sure about when and if the Nora Leigh stems go dormant here. True that Nora Leigh is very mildew resistant in our garden, but I still cut it back down to ground level, before winter, as with all the other summer and fall blooming perennials: that with phlox powdery mildew in mind and also to expose the spring flowering perennials to light and rain during fall).
