Sitting on my driveway right now are three Luminary Sunset Coral tall garden phlox, Phlox paniculata. Just saying that color makes me expect that bolt of lightning to strike and that mysterious voice ...

Pink creeping phlox growing on a slope and around a large rock - Olena Lialina/Getty Images The spring blooms of creeping phlox (Phlox subulata) are a welcome sight after a long winter. Whether you ...

I’ve grown several varieties of phlox over the years, but one border in South Wales really sticks in my mind. A private garden with a vast romantic border that brimmed with cottage garden favorites – ...

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 ...

It is hard to discuss summer color plants in San Antonio without considering bougainvillea. The growing requirements are different from most other flowers, but once you learn the techniques, they are ...

About now, many of our perennial gardens are looking a bit lackluster. Early summer bloomers have fizzled out and autumn charmers like asters and mums have yet to pop. Garden phlox (P. paniculata) to ...

I met this wild child in the third grade. Her name was Wanda, and she was one tough cookie. She needed only the flimsiest excuse to put a big-time country whoopin’ on me or on any little boy who ...