One of the first signs of spring is the colorful billows of creeping Phlox in light blue, white and all shades of pink, creeping along rock gardens and slopes. Creeping Phlox is a hardy, dependable ...

Pink creeping phlox growing on a slope and around a large rock - Olena Lialina/Getty Images The spring blooms of creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) are a welcome sight after a long winter. Whether you ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Each spring as the Ohio woodlands wake up to new ...

Fill your gardens with color from spring through summer and even into fall with a variety of pollinator-friendly phlox. The beauty, diversity, and usefulness in the garden of this group of plants had ...

Long a popular garden plant in Europe, phlox is getting its due in the United States, its country of origin, after the largest trial study ever at Mt. Cuba Center. The center, dedicated to regional ...

A veteran flower grower should undertake growing a perennial flower that offers a challenge. A good test plant is to grow a few tall garden phlox. Their large flowers offer strong color appeal. Most ...

One of the first perennials to coax spring out of our gardens is creeping phlox. Whether you have sun or shade, there's a creeping phlox for you. As for color, if you were to gander into the basket of ...

Creeping phlox is a low-growing perennial that you’ll often spot tumbling over walls, carpeting a bank, or stitching itself between rock crevices. What I like about it is its sheer determination, ...

Phlox is probably the garden's most under-appreciated plant. The cottage classic is often dismissed as summer garden "filler," like baby's breath or leather fern in a bouquet. Older varieties, ...

I am happy to report, I am back on feet — after 5 weeks in a wheelchair with a fractured knee. Although slow, I am still in hot pursuit of the squirrel that caused this to happen! Meanwhile the weeds ...