- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Partial Sun, Shade
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium
- Height:
- 3 feet
- Project:
- Erosion Control, Raingarden, Restoration, Upland Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Purple
- Bloom Months:
- May, June
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Low to Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- None
- Stress Tolerance:
- Fire Tolerant
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Hummingbirds, Monarchs, Moths, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Jackson, Kanabec, Lac qui, Le Sueur, Lyon, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Olmsted, Pine, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Watonwan, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Found in woodlands across southern Minnesota, Wild Blue Phlox makes a good shade garden plant and tolerates dry to medium soils. It spreads slowly by rhizomes and has pale blue to lavender flowers that bloom throughout spring.