I’ve never encountered the likes of phlox like we saw in the Ozarks. Our first stop had three species of phlox growing together in a flood plain, Phlox paniculata, Phlox divaricata, and Phlox pilosa…which doesn’t look anything like Phlox pilosa I’ve seen in other regions. I appears that all the phlox integrade, as many plants there appeared to be hybrids among the many species. Truly, a fascinating conundrum.
Ozarks continued – Phlox world
blue phlox, garden phlox, phlox, phlox groundcover, phlox paniculata, summer phlox, tall phlox, wild blue phlox, wild phlox
The best P. divaricata I have ever seen are located in southeast Wisconsin. That is, if they haven’t been wiped out by expansion.
Road trip!