Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox (Drummond's phlox) is a Texas native that blankets spring fields in vivid pink, red, and purple, an easy self-sowing annual for sunny wildflower plantings.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- pink, red, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, hummingbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, LA, NC, SC, TX