Readers sent me on a wildflower hunt for one last look at colorful patches of phlox before the bloom fades in a few weeks. Connie Carol steered me north into Marion County where she found “almost a ...

Planting phlox is a beautiful way to add color to the garden in perennial fashion. The flowers, when healthy, are lovely to look at and can provide visual appeal for years to come. They do raise ...

Some garden plants are star performers, given top billing, but others seem to be consigned to the back row of the chorus. Such is the lot of the border phlox, usually tucked somewhere into the middle ...

Phlox paniculata is a wonderful perennial plant to have in the garden. Phlox paniculata, sometimes referred to as “garden phlox” or “summer phlox,” is native to North America. From the turn of the ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Each spring as the Ohio woodlands wake up to new ...

Phlox, (sounds like “flocks”) originating mostly in North America, belongs to a genus of about 70 species that are known as the “backbone” of the perennial border, adding color and fragrance to the ...

Phlox are easy-to-grow plants that come in a huge variety of colors to provide a bounty of fragrant flowers throughout the summer months. They require only a little annual maintenance to perform at ...

Phlox has always sounded such a funny name to me – like a group of sheep – but it is a plant which offers far more colour and is a darned sight easier to look after. As a shepherd friend of mine once ...