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Polemoniaceae
Woodland Phlox
Phlox divaricata
Sweet dreams, gentleness, woodland peace.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Genus
- Phlox
- Native to
- Eastern North America
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- Herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 20–40 cm
- Sunlight
- Part shade
- Soil
- Rich, moist, woodland
- Water
- Moderate
- Hardiness
- 3–8
- Lifespan
- Long-lived perennial
Did you know
- Woodland phlox carpets eastern forests in clouds of soft lavender-blue every May, often growing in drifts among trillium, bloodroot, and ferns.
- The flowers are pleasantly fragrant — a sweet, soft perfume that you can smell when walking through a woodland in bloom.
- Long-tongued moths, butterflies, and especially hummingbird clearwing moths are the main pollinators because the long flower tubes are too deep for most bees.
- Unlike garden phlox, woodland phlox blooms in spring rather than summer and prefers shade rather than sun.
- It's one of the parent species of many cultivated phlox varieties bred for spring shade gardens.
Color meanings
Blue
Quiet rest