blue moon woodland phlox
Jameszone7a Philadelphia
15 days ago
Just picked this beautiful plant. Was surprised to see it at Walmart. Didn’t see too many posts about it on my native plant pages or on here. From the few I did see it was a little finicky. I don’t have any woods on my property and a lot of stuff isn’t established so I don’t have much dappled shade. I am guessing it would do best in a spot that receives a few hours morning sun at most ?
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erasmus_gw
15 days agoMine gets mostly morning sun too and it spreads like crazy. It has taken over one area and jumped to other areas.
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14 days agolast modified: 14 days agoPeren youre going to love them!…one of my top favorites….
They did good here for the first year then started declining….
So I moved them to dappled sun here and they are much happier….have divided these since so looking forward to this years blooms….🤗
Creeping phlox in front
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