Dear Allison, some people call them phlox and some cal them verbena. I know it is a true Victorian verbena and people get mistaken with stocks as well. Even in different parts of the UK they are called different things, and they have untold common names.
Here is a mixture for you taken yesterday in the pub garden. On the bottom right of the picture is a plant not in flower, that is the leaves of a verbena.
Regards.
Neil.
