Florida Phlox
Phlox floridana
Florida phlox carries clusters of rose-pink to lavender flowers atop slender stems in Southeastern pinelands, a long-blooming pollinator plant for sun to light shade.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1.5–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, hummingbirds, mammals
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA
Related native plants
More Phlox species
- Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
- Summer Phlox (Phlox paniculata)
- Downy Phlox (Phlox pilosa)
- Longleaf Phlox (Phlox longifolia)
- Moss Phlox (Phlox subulata)
- Annual Phlox (Phlox drummondii)