Smooth Phlox
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Location
Source of plant
Unknown
Description
Phlox glaberrima, commonly called smooth phlox, is native from Virginia to Wisconsin south to Florida and Texas. It typically occurs in moist meadows, low woods and along riverbanks. It is an upright, clump-forming, rhizomatous perennial which typically grows 1-3™ tall. Sweetly-aromatic, tubular, 5-lobed, rose to reddish purple flowers (to 1 across) with long corolla tubes are densely arranged in large, pyramidal, terminal clusters (panicles to 12 long) atop stiff, upright stems that seldom need staking. This is one of the few tall phloxes to bloom in spring. Very thin, opposite, finely-toothed, lance-shaped, dark green leaves (to 4 long). As the common name suggests, this plant is essentially hairless. Morris Berd™ is a compact cultivar that typically grows to 18-22 tall and features large panicles of rose-pink flowers and dark green leaves.
USDA Hardiness Zone
3