The lavender flower of wood phlox is close up with five rounded petals surrounded by buds.
Several lavender colored wood phlox flowers are together with the green leaves of the plant.
Lavender wood phlox flowers are intermingles with wild geranium flowers.
A woodland path is on the left and on the right is a large swath of woodland phlox dotted with lavender flowers.
A wood phlox raceme is close-up with it's curled flower buds.
A wood phlox plant with lavender flowers is surrounded by other spring woodland species.
A raceme of lavender wood phlox flowers is in the middle of wild geranium and wild ginger foliage.
Wood phlox and wild geranium are intermingled with lots of green leaves.
This is a close-up of wood phlox flowers. Rather than lavender, they are white.
The lavender flower of wood phlox is close up with five rounded petals surrounded by buds.
Several lavender colored wood phlox flowers are together with the green leaves of the plant.
Lavender wood phlox flowers are intermingles with wild geranium flowers.
A woodland path is on the left and on the right is a large swath of woodland phlox dotted with lavender flowers.
A wood phlox raceme is close-up with it's curled flower buds.
A wood phlox plant with lavender flowers is surrounded by other spring woodland species.
A raceme of lavender wood phlox flowers is in the middle of wild geranium and wild ginger foliage.
Wood phlox and wild geranium are intermingled with lots of green leaves.
This is a close-up of wood phlox flowers. Rather than lavender, they are white.

Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata)

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Something you should definitely consider doing is smelling all of the blossoms you come across, woodland phlox included!

Wood Phlox, also known as wild blue phlox is one of the loveliest scents and not terribly subtle if you have a large group of them. Not to be confused with the invasive plant, dame’s rocket, phlox flowers have five petals while dame’s rocket has four and is generally quite a bit taller.

Wood Phlox will slowly creep by rhizome in the garden to fill a larger area if conditions are right. This plant can tolerate slightly drier soils than some other woodland plants, but is also found in constantly moist ground.

Once the plant has flowered and produced its seeds (if pollinated) in small egg-shaped pods. it then produces infertile shoots with leaves that help store energy in the roots for the next season.

Lots of insects are attracted to the sweet nectar of the woodland phlox flower, but they must be able to reach down into the tube of the flower to get it!

Companion Plants: wild columbine, wild geranium, golden ragwort, trillium, starry false Solomon’s seal, wild leeks

Wood Phlox (Phlox divaricata)

Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Wood Phlox

height: 12 inches

bloom time: April-June

soil: medium, rich

sun: partial, shade

plant spacing: 10”

flower: blue/purple

life cycle: perennial

family: Polemoniaceae

seed source: Michigan

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Something you should definitely consider doing is smelling all of the blossoms you come across, woodland phlox included!

Wood Phlox, also known as wild blue phlox is one of the loveliest scents and not terribly subtle if you have a large group of them. Not to be confused with the invasive plant, dame’s rocket, phlox flowers have five petals while dame’s rocket has four and is generally quite a bit taller.

Wood Phlox will slowly creep by rhizome in the garden to fill a larger area if conditions are right. This plant can tolerate slightly drier soils than some other woodland plants, but is also found in constantly moist ground.

Once the plant has flowered and produced its seeds (if pollinated) in small egg-shaped pods. it then produces infertile shoots with leaves that help store energy in the roots for the next season.

Lots of insects are attracted to the sweet nectar of the woodland phlox flower, but they must be able to reach down into the tube of the flower to get it!

Companion Plants: wild columbine, wild geranium, golden ragwort, trillium, starry false Solomon’s seal, wild leeks

Wood Phlox (Phlox divaricata)

Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Wood Phlox

height: 12 inches

bloom time: April-June

soil: medium, rich

sun: partial, shade

plant spacing: 10”

flower: blue/purple

life cycle: perennial

family: Polemoniaceae

seed source: Michigan