![[logo] US EPA](../gif/logo_epaseal.gif){kind=logo}
Greenacres Links
Landscaping Resources
- Weedlaws
- Toolkit
- Native Vegetation Enhancement
- Wild Ones Handbook
- Homeowners' Resources
- Landscaping Naturally (video)
Remember, we will not post any information intended to directly benefit for-profit enterprises
Green Landscaping: Greenacres
Native Plants of the Great Lakes
North Branch Restoration Project Seed Book
Phlox Divaricata / Family: Polemoniaceae
Woodland Phlox, Swink/Wilhelm # 5
|
|
 |
 |
||
| Click to view larger photo | ||||
FLOWERING: Mid-April to mid-June
SEED TIMING: June
HABITAT: Woodland
DIAGNOSTIC FEATURES: 10 to 20 inches high. Leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate, unstalked, sticky stem. Fragrant, bright blue, 5 petaled, trumpet shaped flowers in clusters.
TO PICK: Seeds form in small green pods. Pick when pods turn tan and sepals open in a star-like formation. Put pods in deep, open brown bag where they will “explode” to release seed.