Phlox, (sounds like “flocks”) originating mostly in North America, belongs to a genus of about 70 species that are known as the “backbone” of the perennial border, adding color and fragrance to the ...

The fragrant phlox flower is a timeless classic. It provides gorgeous color and versatility as a ground cover and in rock gardens—borders, beds and containers—or in cutting gardens. Crisp white, soft ...

Now that we’ve finally gotten some decent amounts of rain the outside world is looking green and, in some places, almost lush. We’re still not even with normal rainfall amounts for the year, but we’re ...

QI have a large maple tree in my back yard with a branch span of maybe 40 feet. It has a fair amount of above-ground roots. Am I safe covering up some of the roots to make the ground even to plant ...

"Related to, though independent of, a previous monograph, Natural history of the phlox family: systematic botany, written by ... V. G[rant] and published in 1959 ...