Cross Timbers, East Central Texas Plains, Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, Southern Texas Plains, Texas Blackland Prairies, Western Gulf Coastal Plain
Carbonate Cross Timbers, Eastern Cross Timbers, Grand Prairie, Limestone Cut Plain, Western Cross Timbers
Bastrop Lost Pines, Floodplains and Low Terraces2, Northern Post Oak Savanna, Northern Prairie Outliers, San Antonio Prairie, Southern Post Oak Savanna
Drummond’s Phlox is a wonderful ornamental for cottage gardens and wildflower meadows. As with all annuals, it should be allowed to reseed for plants to appear the following year. Propagation: Seed.
Comments
Blooms March-June. Drummond’s Phlox is a showy spring annual. The flowers can range from pink, red, white, peach or lavender. They bloom in terminal clusters and are a short trumpet shape. Nectar: Black Swallowtail, Pipevine Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail.
References
1) Griffith, Bryce, Omernick & Rodgers (2007). Ecoregions of Texas. 2) Miller, George O., Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas 2nd Ed., 2013, pg 53. 3) Wasowski and Wasowski, Native Texas Plants Landscaping Region by Region, 1991, pg. 162. 4) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PHDR. 5) https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=Phlox+drummondii&formsubmit=Search+Terms. 6) http://bonap.net/TDC/Image/Map?taxonType=Species&taxonId=19439&locationType=County&mapType=Normal. 7) https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=30898#null
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