![]() ![]() Bloom time varies from early spring while daffodils are blooming to mid-to-late summer. Flowers have five petals and are held in cluster above the foliage. ![]() Some cultivars have flowers with multiple colors, often with a contrasting eye zone or petal edge. Wild species and virtually all cultivars bloom in the cool color range, ranging from white to pink, rose, red, magenta, purple, and blue. Some species are so completely covered with flowers while in bloom that it is impossible to see any leaves. Phlox are highly attractive to butterflies. Phlox are grown for their abundant flowering, with most phlox species and cultivars also having a light sweet fragrance. Phlox generally grow at a moderate to quick rate, depending on species, cultivar and growing conditions. Growth habit varies as well, from low, mounded sun-lovers, to low spreading woodland phlox with upright flower stems, to strongly upright narrow types. Numerous species of phlox are grown, with height varying between 3 to 6 inches for moss phlox ( Phlox subulata) to 5 feet tall for the taller varieties of garden phlox ( P. This can sometimes make definite identification to species difficult. Because there are so many different species and cultivars, and they hybridize freely even in the wild, there is great variation throughout the genus. Many of these species are also native to the southeast or South Carolina. Because they are so commonly cultivated, it is little known that all phlox species are native to the United States. Several hundred named varieties of different phlox species are grown. Phlox include a large group of mostly perennial plants widely used in gardens. ![]()
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