(Revised 13 Feb 2011)
A wisp of mysterious fragrant that follows a gentle summer breeze when you walk past a patch of Phlox paniculata in bloom can be intoxicating. The erect stems of the tall phloxes display their flowers like bouquets of innocent smiling faces that cheer you up.
The creeping phloxes brighten up the front of the beds and rocky corners in spring with their flower carpets, and provide neat covers and weed barriers for the remaining seasons.

Phlox divaricata

Phlox divaricata 'Montrose Tricolor'

Phlox divericata 'Sweet Lilac'

Phlox paniculata

Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise'; not as strong-stem and disease resistence as I wish, but the name implies that it's blue

Phlox paniculata 'Bright Eyes'; This patch must be more than 10 years old; still waiting for me to divide it

Phlox paniculata 'Bright Eyes'

Phlox paniculata 'David'

Phlox paniculata 'Franz Schubert' to the right

Phlox paniculata 'Goldmine'

Phlox paniculata 'Laura'

Early September: Phlox paniculata 'Norah Leigh'

Phlox paniculata 'Norah Leigh'

Phlox paniculata 'Red Riding Hood'

Phlox subulata

Phlox subulata 'Pink Sensations'

Phlox subulata '?'

Phlox x procumbens

Phlox x procumbens 'Variegata'

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