Annual Phlox
Phlox drummondii
Annual phlox (Drummond's phlox) is a Texas native that blankets spring fields in vivid pink, red, and purple, an easy self-sowing annual for sunny wildflower plantings.
- Family
- Polemoniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, red, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MD, MO, MS, OK, SC, TN, TX
Related native plants
More Phlox species
- Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
- Summer Phlox (Phlox paniculata)
- Downy Phlox (Phlox pilosa)
- Longleaf Phlox (Phlox longifolia)
- Moss Phlox (Phlox subulata)
- Spreading Phlox (Phlox diffusa)