Phlox divaricata 'Blue Ribbons'
Phlox divaricata 'Blue Ribbons' is a woodland ground cover with fragrant lavender-blue flowers and variegated foliage.
Description:
Phlox divaricata 'Blue Ribbons' is a delightful spring blooming eastern North American native ground cover for shade. Known as wild sweet William or woodland phlox, it carpets the shady border or woodland with lightly fragrant, pale lavender-blue flowers atop beautifully variegated foliage with green stripes and creamy white edges. It is great to layer into the shady border planted between later emerging perennials like ferns and hosta. It will bloom in early to mid spring with bulbs and other spring ephemerals giving extra colour when not much else is happening. It can go semi-dormant after blooming so it is great to interplant it with other ground covers or allow larger perennials to take over the show after it blooms. Attracts butterflies.
Common Name: Woodland Phlox
Family: Polemoniaceae (The Phlox Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-9
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 4-8"
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Blue
Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Rich woods and along stream banks.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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