Botanical Name: Phlox drummondii
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Common Name: Annual Phlox  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Annual

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

Lavender, Pink, Red, Yellow, Violet, White

 

Flower Season

Spring, Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Steve Jacobs
  • Description

  • Notes

Phlox drummondii is an annual phlox that is native to the grasslands of central and eastern Texas. It typically grows to 6 to 9 inches tall. It has fragrant, trumpet-shaped, rose-red flowers that appear in clusters typically from May to early July, though the plants decline significantly as the heat of summer sets in, so they may not bloom here that late into summer. Cultivars come in varying shades of pink, red, lavender, purple, buff, and white. Flowers often have a different colored eye. It might be a lovely choice to seed in with short grass meadows, along with flax and annual coreopsis.