Woodland Phlox

Botanical Name: Phlox divaricata ‘Blue Moon’
Height: 12″
Width: 6-12″
Exposure: Part Sun
Performance: Perennial
Bloom: Blue (March-April)

Clouds of beautiful, gently scented, loosely clustered lavender-blue flowers delight spring and at
tract butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden. Phlox divaricata ‘Blue Moon’ forms a lush creeping mat of freely entwined stems with semi-evergreen oblong foliage.
 
Woodland Phlox thrives in part to full shade when provided with rich, moist, well drained soil. For more profuse flowers plant in dappled sun. This shade tolerant groundcover enjoys a light trim after flowering to encourage new blooms. It also appreciates a light, summer mulch in north Texas to retain soil moisture and keep its roots cool.
 
Phlox divaricata is a native to Texas that grows wild in woodlands, fields, and along riverbanks. The genus is derived from the Greek world phlox meaning flaming, which refers to the plants bold colored flowers. The Latin species name divaricata denotes the groundcovers spreading and straggling habit.