| Common Name | Blue Phlox |
| Scientific Name | Phlox divaricata |
| Height | up to 1' stems |
| Sun/Shade | Partial sun - shade |
| Bloom Season | May - June |
| Bloom Color | Blue |
| Soil | Moist, organic, acid pH 5.5-7 |
| Disease Susceptibility | |
| Propagation | Best by sprigs. |
| Notes | Good ground cover, attractive after flowering. High fire tolerance |
| Prairie Nursery | Heartland Restoration | Enders | Taylor Creek | Possibility Place | |
| Costs
from Spring 2001 catalog |
Not available | Not available | Native plant retail prices:
½ pint - 2.35, pint - 3.40, quart - 4.75, ½ gallon - 5.95, gallon - 7.50 & up. |
2.25/plant | Flat of 32 - $37.00
2" plug - $2.25 each gallons - $4.75 |
Information on Mertensia virginica:
- USDA's PLANTS database. Plant Profile: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=fact_sheet.cgi
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=PHLDIVsLAP
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to
Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.
- Harstad, Carolyn. Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and
Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, 1999