Wild Blue Phlox
Phlox divaricataWild Blue Phlox is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 1–1.5 ft tall and 1.5 ft wide. It wants part shade to shade and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms purple in mid summer. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
5 sources- Type
- Wildflower
- Sun
- Part shade to shade (2–4 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spread
- 1.5 ft
- Bloom
- Mid Summer · purple
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on calcareous, clay, loam, moist, rich, well drained
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
1 occurrence record in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.