Luminary series phlox, particularly the Prismatic Pink variety, provided a vibrant display of blooms and attracted pollinators. The phlox thrived in a mixed perennial bed, complementing other plants ...

Q: Can you tell me the name of this purple ground cover? A: The ground cover in question is a perennial plant called creeping phlox (Phlox stolonifera). It comes in pink, purple, white and a few ...

Ask the Gardener’s Carol Stocker tells you what to do in the garden this weekend and has a change of heart about phlox. Garden phlox can be tiresome to take care of, with the deadheading, the mildew, ...

This was a leap year for several of my Luminary tall garden phlox in more ways than one, as I’ll explain shortly. For those newbies to the world of perennials, we always explain that in year one, they ...

Sometimes we gardeners become so focused — obsessed is probably more accurate — on newly discovered or unique plants that we overlook the ones that have served us well for years. Such was the case ...

The name 'creeping phlox' gets thrown around for a handful of ground-hugging species, but the two you’ll bump into most are Phlox subulata and Phlox stolonifera. Both are North American natives, both ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Each spring as the Ohio woodlands wake up to new ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Phlox was some of the first North American native plants discovered and cultivated by European naturalists, dating back to the 1700s. Like a ...

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 ...