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
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, hummingbirds
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MO, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, VA, WI