This perennial sub-shrub has slender spreading woody stems that form a mounded habit. It has small dark green lance-shaped leaves and the white, blue to pink trumpet-shaped flowers appear in clusters from late spring to early summer.

Hardiness zones 5 to 10 

Phlox douglasii is naturally found in North America from southern Washington to California growing in woodlands. It prefers a well drained fertile moist soil in a sunny to semi shaded position and is frost and drought tolerant.

This perennial sub-shrub is grown for its flowers and its spreading habit. It is planted in small gardens along borders or as a ground cover and in rockeries. It is also used as a container plant, establishing in 1 to 2 years. It is suitable for coastal or low mountain regions and grows in a wide range of climatic conditions. ID 3108

Phlox (floks) douglasii (DUG-lass-ee-eye)

Polemoniaceae (po-le-moh-nee-AY-see-ee)
Phlox Family