Sunday, March 17, 2024

Phlox in Bloom (Phlox divaricata)

 

This bed of phlox is a perennial (pardon the pun) favorite among the arboretum's guests. Your curator has noticed more than one group using this delightful splash of delicate blue-purple color as a backdrop for photographs.

These gorgeous wildflowers are sure to improve the mood of anyone who can spare a moment.


The patch of phlox has significantly grown over the past several years. This photo, from 2019, shows how the phlox was neatly contained within a flower bed lined with bricks. Today, the bricks are still there, demarcating the bed, but a reduction in spring-time mowing has allowed for this wildflower to naturally spread.