Phlox pilosa
(prairie phlox)
(prairie phlox)
Category: Herbaceous Plants
Photo Credits: Sally and Andy Wasowski, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height: 12 – 24 inches
Spread: 24 inches
Location: Sides, Top of Berm
Native Status: NE
Comments & Cautions:
higher drought-resistance than other phlox
Recommended For:
Bioretention and Rain Gardens
This plant prefers that the level of moisture in your soil be: Medium
This plant prefers Sand or Loam soil.
The plant DOES NOT have a salt tolerance.
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Plant Form
weakly spreading groundcover; colonizes by underground stolons
Foliage
dark green linear leaves; fine-textured
Flowers
1 inch wide, pale pink to lavender petals with tubular center; very fragrant; April-May, and sporadic rebloom