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Polemoniaceae
Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Harmony and agreement.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
- Native to
- Texas, United States
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- annual
- Height
- 0.5-1.5 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, fertile, slightly alkaline
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 2-11
- Lifespan
- annual
Did you know
- Named after Thomas Drummond, a Scottish botanist who collected seeds in Texas in 1835 and sent them to England.
- Drummond died tragically in Cuba shortly after his Texas expedition, never seeing the fame his phlox achieved in Europe.
- It is the only commonly cultivated annual species in a genus of about 70 mostly perennial species.
- Texas wildflower meadows often blaze with this phlox alongside bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush each spring.
- The word phlox comes from the Greek for 'flame,' referring to the intense colors of the flower clusters.
Color meanings
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harmony
1
sweet dreams
2
our souls are united