Common Name:
Garden Phlox
Scientic Name:
Phlox paniculata
Colors:
Red
Months Appearing:
August, September
Often an excape from cultivation. Taller than other Phlox. Native. Perennial. Up to 6 feet tall.
Flowers in a cluster at top of plant. Individual flowers 1/2 to 3/4 inches across. 5 petals, fused at base.
Leaves are thin, toothless and opposite.
Part shade . Riverwalk, Big Rapids, Mi. Sept 3. 8472, 8468