This is a marmite plant in my experience. This perennial group of plants comes in many different types and nearly all of them are so showy they can drown out other plants when they flower. For me, they are a winner because of the showiness - the snails and slugs love them too :^)
In the main, they come in single colours and combinations of white, pink and purple. For a perennial herbaceous border, two of my favourites are Phlox Paniculata 'Eva Cullum' (see picture) and 'Harlequin' The latter has variagated leaves, although I have found it slightly temperamental to propagate. I propagate these phloxes every three years, splitting them in half or even quarters with a spade right through the woody root in early spring - this also helps maintain vigour. These types of phlox seem to cope with most soils and sites but do best in fertile and well drained soil in farily sunny sites.
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