General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 24 - 60 inches
Plant Spread: 18 - 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
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  • Garden Phlox

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Location: my garden, UT
Date: 2016-06-21
#Pollination

Date: 2018-08-01
Location: Germany
Date: 2023-06-21
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2020-07-13
- A paler blue in the evening.
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2017-06-24
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2017-06-24

Date: 2009-06-28
Color changes thoughout the entire day.
Location: Maine
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-09-10
Location: Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, PA
Date: 2016-07-02
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-07-19
Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata 'Blue Paradise')
Location: Medina, TN
Date: September 2014
These aren't so blue, but the blooms are large.
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-05-24

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
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Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2014-06-29
Location: Sun Zone 6a
Date: 2012-07-22
Beautiful color in the morning.This blooms pink-lavender as the d
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2015-07-10
 2:28 pm.  New blossoms are sometimes more of a rosy violet colou
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2015-07-03
My yard, zone 6
Location: SunZone 6a
Date: 2014-07-08
These flowers start blue in the morning, as the sunlight intensif
Photo by ge1836
Location: Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, PA
Date: 2016-07-02
This photo was taken in mid-afternoon, when the flower is more pu
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-07-10
 6:54 pm.  A lovely Phlox -  whatever colour it chooses to show.
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2009-06-29
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2015-07-03
My yard, zone 6
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-05-24
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-05-20
Location: Breezy Knees garden, York, UK
Date: 2020-06-20
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2009-06-29
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2015-07-03
My yard, zone 6
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