Pale Phlox Phlox This is common garden phlox, but its coloring is palest blush pink with a ring of magenta veins around the cup for the stamens—so the pollinators know where to go. Phlox is typically a shade of pink or lilac, or sometimes white, but this variation must have created itself. I have plenty of pink and lilac phlox which seem to shade themselves according to where in the yard they grow. This is a clump I dug up from the back yard to move to the front when I created a new garden bed at the end of my driveway, and perhaps the move changed it as well. This precious phlox is the tall variety that blooms summer into fall, is fragrant and invites nearly every insect and bird to come and share its nectar and nourishment. It was given to me by an elderly neighbor in another neighborhood years ago, whose mother had given it to her when she married and bought the house she lived in, and the phlox had been given to her mother by another mother, and so on, generations back. I want to make an old-fashioned flower print fabric from it. . . . . . . . For a print of any photo, visit “purchasing” for availability and terms. All images in this post are copyright © Bernadette E. Kazmarski and may not be used without prior written permission. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading... Related Post navigation Daylily TimeFireworks Over Water 0 Comments This is really lovely, Bernadette! Loading... Reply If you’d like some let me know! Of course, moving a plant does change it, but it would be worth a try. Loading... Reply Ooh, I would love a piece for my blush pink bed. Maybe later this summer? You are welcome to visit my garden anytime. Loading... Reply I love the history of it too – the passalong plant is always a treasure. Loading... Reply Those plants are so precious to me. Loading... Reply […] smaller this year. I also planted a clump of my pink phlox here, and to my surprise it bloomed this delicate blush pink, and the bergamont or bee balm is much happier than it was in the back […] Loading... Reply Leave a ReplyCancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
If you’d like some let me know! Of course, moving a plant does change it, but it would be worth a try. Loading... Reply
Ooh, I would love a piece for my blush pink bed. Maybe later this summer? You are welcome to visit my garden anytime. Loading... Reply
[…] smaller this year. I also planted a clump of my pink phlox here, and to my surprise it bloomed this delicate blush pink, and the bergamont or bee balm is much happier than it was in the back […] Loading... Reply