Phlox

As American as firecrackers on the Fourth of July is Phlox paniculata, and a garden full of it blooming is as exciting as the soaring skyrockets the furled buds suggest—or

Phlox, “flower of flame,” shows its widest array of brilliant colors in the species paniculata—the garden phlox of the summer months.  An American native, growing in woods from Pennsylvania to

Phlox is one of our most versatile garden flowers, suitable for practically any location on the home grounds.  There are the low-growing, sun-loving, trailing forms, ideal for sunny banks, rocks,

I have wide varieties of veronicas in my several borders, giving much of the all-summer color in my plantings. The tall blue flowered sorts double in hot, dry sections for

The phlox family is the most interesting one. Besides phlox, it includes polemonium, gilia, and cobaea.  Many of us know the native polemonium with its lovely blue flowers and compound

Phlox is one of the soundest of all garden investments for paying color dividends. They can extend, complement or dominate the July to October garden pageant. No other perennial adapts

Phlox can truly set your garden aflame with splendor, from early spring into late summer and until frost. The proper selection of species makes a possible succession of bloom from