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Phlox divaricata |
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| Common name |
wild blue phlox |
| Family |
polemoniaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z3-8) |
| Flowers |
lavender-blue (spring) |
| Size |
9-12" |
| Light |
part-full shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
not sure of best conditions
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | late August |
This woodland plant waited until it was more than two years old to flower. Perhaps it's shy. The flowers are quite nice, carried much more sparsely than on common garden phloxes, so that you can admire each flower individually. The color on ours is actually a light pink, which doesn't show in these sun-bleached photos.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Kayla | Nov 17, 2005 | For the soil of the Phlox divaricata, it has a shallow root system, so sometimes people use mulch to help retain the moisture |
| Jim Rodgers | Dec 08, 2005 | I have found that sowing seed as they ripen in rich well drianed soil in a partial shade site will prove the best germination rate. I have had close to 100% success doing this in a natural method. |
- Baggy method failed to produce seedlings. Sowed a pot and set outside April '04
- By mid-May, last year's pot had many seedlings
- Seed from '07 garden. Baggy 70F (4w) - 35F (6w) - 70F (10%G, 3-14d)
- Seed from '08 garden. Baggy 35F (40d) - 70F (13d; 5%G, 3-6d) - sandpapered - 70F (8%G, 3-7d)
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