Smooth Phlox
Phlox glaberrima
Smooth phlox brings tall, mildew-resistant clusters of rose-pink to magenta flowers to moist meadows and prairie edges, a clean-foliaged native for sun to part shade.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–2.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, hummingbirds, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV
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)